Batman: The Brave and the Bold/Characters

Batman
The quick-thinking straight man in the action-packed and often hilarious world of The Brave and the Bold, Batman is relentless in his pursuit of justice and infinitely patient in his dealings with quirky guest stars and sidekicks. This Batman isn't the brooding Dark Knight we've come to know in recent years but is equally fast with a dry joke or a flying Batarang.

"Sorry, Mrs. Manface, the Hammer of Justice is unisex!
 * Animal Motifs: Take a guess.
 * Batman Gambit: Uses these often
 * Big Brother Mentor: To pretty much every superhero and superheroine.
 * Except the Justice Society of America; they're his mentors.
 * Cassandra Truth
 * Celibate Hero: Unless, of course, it involves Catwoman.
 * Chest Insignia
 * Chick Magnet: Catwoman, Black Canary; even Huntress and Batwoman flirt with him.
 * Clear My Name
 * The Comically Serious: Batman's lines and the situations he gets into are often incredibly absurd, but he never shows any sign of letting The Stoic image slip.

That was an ape, driving a cab."


 * Cool Car
 * Costume Copycat
 * Crazy Prepared
 * Deadpan Snarker
 * Death By Origin Story
 * Diedrich Bader
 * Doesn't Like Guns: Obviously, but.
 * Elaborate Underground Base
 * Expressive Mask
 * Heroic Willpower
 * He Who Must Not Be Seen: While not masked.
 * Hyperspace Arsenal
 * I Call It Vera: Beware his Hammers of Justice.
 * Invincible Hero: To the point that it gets lampshaded.
 * The Many Deaths of You: In "Emperor Joker!".
 * Master of Unlocking: The lockpick in his gloves got him out of more jams than his Utility Belt ever did.
 * Meta Guy
 * Ninja
 * Only Known by Their Nickname
 * Parental Abandonment: Aw heck, one more time! HIS PARENTS ARE DEEAAAAAAAD!
 * Straight Man
 * The Stoic
 * Super Dickery
 * Superhero
 * Surrounded by Idiots: Depending on the team-up. If it's Booster or Plas, this will occur.
 * Took a Level In Badass:
 * Workaholic: Ted considers him more of a "work friend" next to Booster's "fun friend". Bats has no idea what he's talking about. "What's more fun than fighting crime?"
 * Wolverine Claws: Yes, when trapped in a female body he can even pull this off using fingernails.
 * Would Hit a Girl: The hammer of justice is unisex.

The Atom
An Asian-American scientist whose costume allows him to shrink himself (and others) down in size, up to microscopic size. In the comics he's a Legacy Character, having inherited the costume from the previous wearer, Ray Palmer. He's the type to solve everything by thinking first, but at least once lost his composure and went into an Unstoppable Rage.

"AQUAMAN: What kind of medicine shall we prescribe, doc?
 * Adorkable: And how.
 * Asian and Nerdy
 * Beware the Nice Ones
 * Clothes Make the Superman
 * Fantastic Voyage
 * Incredible Shrinking Man
 * Legacy Character
 * Not That Kind of Doctor: Is introduced when AQUAMAN calls on him to help an ailing Batman, leading to this exchange:

Atom: You don't know what kind of a doctor I am, do you?

AQUAMAN: A hero doctor, through and through!

Atom: ...a physicist."


 * Papa Wolf:
 * Science Hero
 * Straight Man: To AQUAMAN.
 * Surrounded by Idiots: His speaking appearences have all teamed him up with AQUAMAN.

Aqualad


AQUAMAN's fun to be around isn't he? Trying having to work with him on a full time basis. Aqualad is the sidekick to the king of the seas, and doesn't get the respect he deserves.


 * Blue Eyes
 * Chew Toy: His role in Aquaman's sitcom.
 * Diving Save
 * Human Shield: "Aqualad is my decoy!"
 * The Lancer
 * Remember the New Guy?: A minor case. Speedy and Robin appeared in an episode each before "Sidekicks Assemble!". Aqualad only got a mention.
 * Sidekick
 * Tall, Dark and Snarky
 * Taking the Bullet: It's Played for Laughs in the opening of Aquaman's sitcom, but he doesn't appear in the rest of the segment...

Aquaman
Both valiant and vainglorious, AQUAMAN is the barrel-chested King of Atlantis and, in his own eyes, is as heroic as they come. Fearless and loyal, AQUAMAN is the first to answer when duty calls, and he relishes the glory of the fight. He has the disposition of a hearty Greek God and the ego and brawn to match.

"(Batman has just rattled off a list of Captain Atom's powers)
 * Adaptational Badass
 * Badass Beard
 * The Big Guy
 * Boisterous Bruiser
 * Breakout Character: Bat-Mite even uses the term in the series finale.
 * Catch Phrase: OUTRAGEOUS!
 * Fun Personified
 * Gentleman Adventurer
 * Henpecked Husband
 * Heroic BSOD: In "Mystery in Space!", Batman encounters a surprisingly depressed AQUAMAN, who starts questioning the point of being a hero. It turns out to be because he failed to save a beluga whale from illegal whaling. Naturally, he breaks out of that soon enough.
 * Hot-Blooded
 * Hypocritical Humor: AQUAMAN found it odd that Adam Strange could be so jovial in the face of danger.
 * In "Powerless!"

AQUAMAN: Impressive! But he should try mixing a little humility with those superpowers. Like I do! (rather smug smile)"


 * Idiot Hero
 * John Dimaggio
 * Large Ham: And how!
 * Leeroy Jenkins: Even down to calling people 'chums'.
 * Making a Splash: Water swords and water hadokens!
 * Rousing Speech: Rousing Song Of Heroism, actually.
 * It was one of these from Batman that shook him out of his Heroic BSOD.
 * Royals Who Actually Do Something
 * Superhero

Batman of Zur-En-Arrh
Tlano is a reporter of the Solar Cycle on the planet Zur-En-Arrh. He is also that world's version of Batman. He wears a Batman costume consisting of gaudy, outlandish colors.


 * Animal Motifs
 * Actor Allusion: Voiced by the Batman of the DCAU.
 * Badass Normal
 * Composite Character: He's a combination of Batman and Superman.
 * Cool Car
 * Expy: His home of Gothtropolis seems more like our Metropolis than Gotham City, with Tlano himself closer to Superman than our Batman.
 * Highly-Visible Ninja
 * Human Aliens
 * Kevin Conroy
 * Robot Butler: Alpha-Red.

Bat-Mite
A creature from the Fifth Dimension, he is Batman's biggest fan. He kidnaps him to shape him into a better hero. Some of this includes figuring out which villain to fight Batman, spicing up the fire-power of the bank robbers and Calendar Man, and even toying with Batman.


 * Ascended Fanboy
 * Composite Character: Several storylines give him more in common with Mr. Mxyzptlk, a similarly-powered but rather less well-intentioned foe of Superman. For instance, it's Mxy's powers that Joker steals to become omnipotent in the comics,
 * "Mitefall!" sees him
 * Great Gazoo
 * Humanoid Abomination
 * Hypocritical Humor: In "Legends of the Dark Mite!", Bat-Mite deems an Adam West-esque Batsuit as "too campy".
 * Irritation Is the Sincerest Form of Flattery
 * : In "Mitefall!",
 * Loony Fan: He's a caricature of every single Batman fan in existence.
 * No Fourth Wall: He knows that Batman's fictional, and about all his previous incarnations. He can also talk directly to the viewers as well as interact with the universe of the show.
 * Reality Warper
 * The Unpronounceable: Bat-Mite's real name.
 * Wild Card: His status as a "Guest Hero" is rather tenuous, to say the least.

Black Canary
Black Canary is a superheroine with hand-to-hand combat prowess and a supersonic scream. She appears in most prominently in th the episode "Mayhem of the Music Meister!"


 * Action Girl
 * Audio Erotica: The Music Meister was impressed by her singing voice, as was the fanbase.
 * Femme Fatale: Her method of disposing Solomon Grundy without moving a muscle.
 * Fetish Fuel Station Attendant
 * Grey DeLisle
 * Hair of Gold
 * Legacy Character
 * Make Me Wanna Shout

Blue Beetle
El Paso, Texas native Jaime Reyes thought the closest he would ever get to Batman was the posters adorning his walls, but when a mysterious alien technology device turned him into the hero Blue Beetle, the fanboy's wildest dreams became a reality. Jaime can't help but tackle every mission with wide-eyed wonder and brings a youthful buoyancy to even the toughest fights.


 * Actor Allusion: It's not the first time that Will Friedle has been cast as a teenage Legacy Superhero mentored by Batman.
 * Animal Motifs
 * Arm Cannon
 * Ascended Fanboy
 * Color Character
 * Expressive Mask
 * Kid Appeal Character
 * The Knights Who Say Squee: So very much.
 * Legacy Character
 * Superhero
 * The Unintelligible: His living costume, not him.
 * Took a Level In Badass: By the end of the second series Batman trusts him enough to send him out against Mantis in his place, and by "Shadow of the Bat" he's single-handedly slapping around not just Batman, but superpowered vampire Batman.
 * Upgrade Artifact
 * Will Friedle

Blue Beetle (Ted Kord)
Before Jaime Reyes, Ted Kord was the second man who assumed the name of Blue Beetle becoming the major hero of Hub City. Unlike Jaime, Ted had no acess to the power of the Blue Scarab, but in the other hand he could create useful gadgets based in the technology of the Scarab to combat crime. Considered by Batman and Booster Gold as their best friend, Kord perished in a mission which he prevented  to dominate the world. Alongside Batman, Jaime considers Ted as a big influence to he become a superhero himself.


 * Badass Normal
 * Brains and Brawn: Since he couldn't use the Blue Scarab, he created gadgets based in the device to assist him against crimefighting. He is also the one that elaborates the plan to stop the Madniks after they were turned into overpowered energy-consuming monsters.
 * Evil Uncle:
 * Heroic Sacrifice
 * Posthumous Character: Despite he is killed off way before the beginning of the story, he has a good amount of flashbacks in "The Fall of Blue Beetle!", and in "Menace of the Madniks!" he practically guest stars the episode along with Booster.
 * Red Oni, Blue Oni: He is literally the Blue Oni to Booster's Red Oni.
 * Wil Wheaton

Booster Gold
A mere janitor in The Future, Booster Gold was clever enough to know that technology that was commonplace in his home era would be enough to make him superhuman in the bygone times of the 21st century. So he stole a strength-enhancing flight suit and a Robot Buddy named Skeets, and headed into the past with the express intention of making boatloads of money as a famous superhero. It hasn't quite worked out that way, as he doesn't seem to realize that you have to do actual heroing to become a famous superhero. Note this is different from his comic book origins, where despite being a glory hound he's still a good hero.

"Booster: We both know I'm not much of a hero.
 * Clothes Make the Superman
 * Dumb Blonde: So of course he gets put up against The Riddler in the teaser for "A Bat Divided".
 * Flashback Twist
 * Idiot Hero: The Riddler had fun exploiting Booster's apparent idiocy. Booster does know enough to not mess with the time stream -- more or less.
 * Jerk with a Heart of Gold: Despite his glory hounding and even trying to make out Batman as his sidekick, he is shown to be a devoted friend to Ted Kord.
 * Man Child: Fights Blue Beetle for the bottom bunk, acts like a twelve-year-old around girls, and takes on a vampirised Batman with a super soaker.
 * Pre-Ass-Kicking One-Liner
 * Robot Buddy: Skeets.
 * Small Name, Big Ego
 * Took a Level In Badass: There is a noticeable difference in his competence and badassery between his debut episode "Menace of the Conqueror Cavemen!"(Where he pretty much sucked until Skeets got hurt.) and a "The Siege of Starro Pt.1"(Where he kicked ass and was a competent leader when Batman wasn't available.)
 * Possibly foreshadowed in his debut episode:

Batman: Maybe you've just never had anything worth fighting for."

Bronze Tiger
Although he studied combat at the same remote Eastern temple as Batman, Bronze Tiger never finished his martial-arts training, walking out of the temple in frustration with their master. Nowadays he makes a living as a champion martial artist, with all the ego you'd expect from someone who hasn't lost a fight in years.


 * Animal Motifs
 * Arrogant Kung Fu Guy
 * Color Character
 * Jerk with a Heart of Gold
 * The Rival

B'wana Beast
Masked wrestler who gained superpowers from exposure to toxic waste, he became an eccentric but self-doubting hero. His power to merge two animals into one being was strange even by the show's standards (and became a major plot point in the Starro story.) Had a romantic relationship with African superheroine Vixen. Sadly he died saving the world.


 * Biological Mashup: As a super power!
 * Heroic Sacrifice
 * I Love Nuclear Power: his power source, unlike the comics where it was a magical mask that gave him his powers.
 * Kevin Michael Richardson
 * Masked Luchador
 * Rated "M" for Manly: Possibly even more ripped than AQUAMAN! Never wears a shirt! His backstory has him wrestling a gorilla, in a scene reminiscent of Saxton Hale. Take your place in the halls of AsGARd, Bwana Beast.

Captain Marvel


Ten-year-old Billy Batson was chosen by the wizard Shazam to wield his power to defend the world from evil. By speaking the wizard's name Billy is transformed by a bolt of magical lightning into the adult superhero Captain Marvel, the World's Mightiest Mortal. Batman, sympathetic to Billy due to their similar origins (both were orphaned at a young age), helped reunite Billy with his sister. Captain Marvel has also helped Batman out on several cases, most notably against Starro and the Faceless Hunter. Recently joined the Justice League International.


 * Adult Child: Literally true in Billy's case, as his mind is still in control of the Captain Marvel body when he transforms. This is never more evident than we we see the adult Cap overcome with childlike glee at the thought of seeing a triceratops exhibit, or B'wanna Beast using his powers to merge animals.
 * Arch Enemy: Dr. Sivana and Black Adam
 * Attack of the 50 Foot Whatever: Happens during the episode "The Malicious Mr. Mind!", after the title character gets some help from a growth ray.
 * Badass Family: Billy's sister Mary and their friend Freddy Freeman are essentially this as the Marvel Family. Given they're a trio of Superman-class heroes, it isn't surprising.
 * Black Bead Eyes: As befits his original character design, but very distinctly different from the other heroes.
 * By the Power of Grayskull: "SHAZAM!"
 * The Cape: Oh so very much.
 * Captain Superhero
 * Chest Insignia
 * Embarrassing Nickname: Dr. Sivana keeps calling Cap "The Big Red Cheese".
 * Evil Counterpart: Black Adam, who showcases just how powerful he is by casually defeating Batman.
 * Finger-Poke of Doom: Takes out Dr. Sivana using this.
 * Flying Brick: The first one to appear in the show.
 * Henshin Hero: Billy goes from a completely powerless ten year old to a physical god with one magic word.
 * Jeff Bennett: As Captain Marvel.
 * Legion of Doom: The Monster Society of Evil
 * Lightning Can Do Anything: Especially if it's magic. This includes taking down a cosmic species destroying star conqueror.
 * Older Alter Ego
 * Seven Deadly Sins: Toned down to the Seven Deadly Enemies of Man, replacing Lust with Injustice due to this being a kids show.
 * Superhero
 * Superpower Lottery: Considered so powerful that the only thing Sivana thought could defeat him was someone with the exact same powers.
 * Tara Strong: As Billy Baston
 * A Wizard Did It: Literally.

Doctor Fate


Magic-using hero, servant of the Lords of Order. His personal teacher was Lord Nabu. Lives in an invisible tower that can only be entered by magic. His symbol is the ankh, the Egyptian symbol of life. Batman taught him boxing.


 * Combat Pragmatist: He may be a powerful sorcerer, but he learned to fight just in case.
 * Elaborate Underground Base: Actually it's on ground level, but invisible. May also be bigger on the inside than outside.
 * Magic A Is Magic A
 * Order Versus Chaos
 * What Do You Mean Its Not Symbolic

Elongated Man
One of the two stretchiest superheroes, Elongated Man puts his powers to use as a private detective. He's developed a rivalry with Plastic Man, whom he views as an uncultured brute.


 * Hero with an F In Good: He's working on it.
 * Superhero
 * Super-Hero Speciation
 * Voluntary Shapeshifter

Etrigan
Jason Blood is a dabbler in the arcane arts and occasional occult consultant for Batman. He's also an immortal from Camelot with the soul of the demon Etrigan inside him, which he can bring out with a rhyme.


 * The Big Guy
 * Breath Weapon
 * Brainwashed and Crazy (in his first appearance)
 * By the Power of Grayskull ("Gone, gone the form of man...")
 * Cursed with Awesome
 * Dee Bradley Baker
 * King Arthur (Jason Blood was a nobleman in King Arthur's court}
 * Magic Knight Literally. In human form, Blood is both a skilled swordsman and a sorcerer.
 * Noble Demon
 * Our Demons Are Different
 * Rhymes on a Dime
 * Who Wants to Live Forever? (averted; Blood is immortal but doesn't noticeably Wangst about it.)

Fire


Fire is a Brazilian superheroine with the ability to shoot fire, and ally to Batman. Fire helps Batman and Plastic Man when Gentleman Ghost robs a bank in Mexico City during the Day of the Dead celebration. She is later invited by Batman to join his new League.


 * Action Girl
 * Girliness Upgrade / Fan Service Pack: Her cameo appearance has her looking very tomboyish, but by the time of "Darkseid Descending" she's changed to her more alluring comic-book incarnation.
 * Grey DeLisle
 * Lovely Angels: With her friend Ice.
 * Playing with Fire
 * Spicy Latina
 * You Gotta Have Green Hair

Firestorm
On a field trip to a nuclear laboratory, science student Jason Rusch and the trip's chaperone, none-too-bright football coach Ronnie Raymond, are caught in an accident engineered by Dr. Double X to increase his power, fusing them into the hero Firestorm.


 * Black and Nerdy: Jason Rusch.
 * Jerk Jock (but not too jerkish): Ronnie Raymond, a grown-up version of the original comic book character.
 * Sharing a Body: and not very well at first.
 * Matter Replicator

The Flash - Barry Allen
The resident hero of Central City, also known as the Scarlet Speedster, Barry Allen gained his ability to run at incredible super-speed after a lightning bolt struck a shelf of chemicals in his laboratory at the local police department late one night. Now the Fastest man Alive, he donned his famous scarlet costume to combat crime.


 * And I Must Scream:
 * Legacy Character: The second Flash.
 * Super Speed: Of course.

The Flash - Jay Garrick
One of the oldest heroes around. Jay Garrick is the original Flash and was a member of the Justice Society with Wild Cat.


 * Badass Grandpa
 * Cool Old Guy
 * Mentor
 * Super Speed

Green Arrow
The expert marksman is as dedicated to competition as Batman is to the preservation of justice. Green Arrow never misses a chance to one-up his DC Super Hero compatriots (though never at the expense of the mission) and gets great pleasure out of stoking the fires of his perpetual rivalry with Batman. After all, it just makes them better heroes, right?


 * Arbitrary Skepticism: What? Batman's soul is out of its body and possessed my sidekick? Oh, that's crazy.
 * Color Character
 * Cool Car
 * Deadpan Snarker
 * Hyperspace Arsenal
 * James Arnold Taylor
 * The Lancer: Often time plays this role to Batman.
 * The Rival
 * Sidekick: Speedy.
 * Superhero
 * Trick Arrow

Green Lantern - G'Nort
He, Sinestro, and Guy Gardner call Batman to space to help track down many Green Lanterns who are missing in action after a battle with Despero. His backstory is the same as originally presented in the comics, as Sinestro mentions G'nort's uncle had "pushed" him through Lantern training. He later proves vital for helping Batman stop the brainwashed Mogo. After Batman compliments him twice and helps G'nort earn the respect of the Corps, he jumps into his arms to lick him, only to get a reprimand ("No licking."). It is also shown that he cannot fully memorize the Green Lantern motto and was only able to do so by reading it form a "cheat sheet" he had written on his left wrist. Even with this "cheat sheet", his lack of intelligence is shown; he misspells many of the words, including "Green".


 * All Up to You
 * Plucky Comic Relief

Green Lantern - Guy Gardner
Guy Gardner is the hot-headed member of the Green Lantern Corps. His antics caused a K'Vellian prisoner to go on a path of destructive rage, but thanks to Batman, the prisoner was stopped and he has Guy clean up the mess it made. He reappears in "The Eyes of Despero" to help Batman overthrow the alien dictator Despero. He, Sinestro, and Gnort create a Bat-armor for the job upon him requesting that he come along. When he sees Sinestro attempting to blow up a rogue Mogo, they do battle, with Guy winning.


 * Green Lantern Corps: Must this be explained?
 * Hot-Blooded
 * James Arnold Taylor
 * Jerk with a Heart of Gold
 * Legacy Character: Unique so far in this series that Hal Jordan, Earth's original Green Lantern, has a cameo in The Eyes Of Despero!
 * Mythology Gag: "One punch!" He also laughs at Mongul for having the exact same thing happen to him.
 * Redheaded Hero
 * Ship Tease: With Ice.

Huntress


The Huntress is a masked vigilante, and ally of Batman. She first appears in "Night of the Huntress!", where she helps Batman and Blue Beetle III battle Baby Face. Her civilian identity is Prof. Helena Bertinelli, a teacher at Gotham City University.


 * Action Girl
 * Anti-Hero: Switches between type II and III.
 * Femme Fatale
 * Fetish Fuel Station Attendant
 * Gaussian Girl
 * Hot Amazon
 * Hot Librarian
 * Parental Bonus
 * Tara Strong

Plastic Man
Reformed petty thief Eel O'Brian got a second lease on life as a flexible former felon working at Batman's side. The rubbery shape-shifter is part one-man comedy show, part malleable merchant of justice, doling out wisecracks and hard knocks with haphazard glee. And while the call of cash still rings in his ears, the little Batman on his shoulder yells much louder.


 * Anti-Hero: Type 1. Believes strongly in morality and justice, but is still sometimes distracted by his craving for money.
 * The Atoner
 * Audible Gleam
 * Chivalrous Pervert: He has a wife and a child, but that doesn't stop him from regularly hitting on the superheroines he meets. The chivalry shows when Catwoman expresses her interest in him, to which he replies "Tempting. But I'm really more of a dog person".
 * Crouching Moron, Hidden Badass: Though it's not portrayed in a badass way, he actually comes the closest to catching  Batman in "Game Over for Owlman!" out of everyone.
 * The Fool: Who is most likely Obfuscating Stupidity.
 * Freak Lab Accident
 * Fun Personified: Is much more light-hearted than the other heroes and has a jokester personality.
 * Greed: His main sin.
 * Henpecked Husband: Seen in "Long Arm of the Law!". Apparently, his wife doesn't take his crime fighting very seriously and can rule him out of it, for example in favour of taking their baby to a museum, though her attitude is somewhat justified by how ineffectual and irresponsible Plas can be.
 * Hero with an F In Good: Due to his criminal background, it takes some time for Batman to trust him.
 * Hot Dad: Will you deny it?
 * Kleptomaniac Hero: His attention is often dragged away from the original purpose and shifted to riches when there are some involved.
 * Loved I Not Honor More: The episode "Long Arm of the Law!" incorporates nearly all of the tropes associated with this, including the Heroic Sacrifice. Different in that in this case Plas is sympathized with rather than the woman in such a situation and Ramona all but supports Plas in his actions.
 * Mr. Vice Guy: Often swayed by temptations, most prominently the desire for wealth, but he has also been shown to react appropriately and flirt with attractive superheroines, despite being married with a child.
 * No Sense of Personal Space: Has a tendency to touch and grab other people a little too much.
 * Personality Powers: As non-serious and wacky as Plas himself is.
 * Power Perversion Potential: Think about it...
 * Rubber Man
 * Sad Clown: Some of this is visible in "Cry Freedom Fighters!", but it's not excessively elaborated on.
 * Sidekick: Woozy Winks
 * Tom Kenny: Not using his standard cartoon voice for a change.
 * Voluntary Shapeshifter

The Question
An endless conundrum of a person, the Question hides his identity from the world but never his inquiries. He's quick to find the conspiracy in even the most minute of things.


 * Badass Longcoat
 * Badass Normal
 * Big Damn Heroes:
 * The Faceless
 * Le Parkour
 * Nice Hat

Red Tornado
John Ulthoon lives in a suburban neighborhood, wears his slippers and robe when picking up the morning paper, and has a respectable job as the Professor of Archeology at the local community college. He's also a robot. His suburban veneer, of course, is a cover for his hero alter ego as Red Tornado. In Batman, he sees not only a partner, but also someone who can teach him more about humanity, of which he strives to both understand and be a part.


 * Adventurer Archaeologist
 * Blow You Away
 * Color Character
 * Corey Burton
 * Good Thing You Can Be Rebuilt: Due to being a robot, he can get blown to pieces without any lasting harm.
 * Hollywood Tone Deaf
 * Robot Buddy
 * The Spock
 * Superhero
 * Tin Man

Robin/Nightwing


Boy Wonder no more, Robin has struck out on his own as defender of the city of Blüdhaven. Although he's become a successful crime-fighter in his own right, Dick Grayson still chafes at the memory of taking orders from Batman, and will take any opportunity to prove himself an equal to his old mentor.


 * Bat Signal
 * Composite Character: This Robin has Jason Todd's double spitcurls and occasional resentment at taking orders from Batman.
 * Dick was pretty sick of taking orders by the time he reached this age too, especially after serving as leader of the Titans
 * The double spitcurls were also a classic part of Dick Grayson's Robin look all the way into the Silver Age.
 * Dating Catwoman: He has a crush on Talia Al Ghul
 * Heavy Metal Umlaut: The city of Blüdhaven.
 * Mythology Gag: While his personality and the setting of his episode (in Blüdhaven) are based on Dick Grayson as Nightwing in the main DCU continuity, his costume and unchanged superhero identity are references to the Golden Age Earth-Two version of the character, who never outgrew his role as Robin.
 * He takes up the Nightwing identity (and original high-collared costume!) at the end of "Sidekicks Assemble!"
 * The Resenter
 * Sidekick
 * You Fight Like a Cow
 * Why Did It Have to Be Snakes?: Deathly afraid of monkeys, apparently.

Adam Strange


Adam Strange is a human space adventurer who defends the planet Rann. He is married to Alanna, a native of the planet. He asks Batman and Aquaman for help in "Mystery In Space!" when the Gordanians attack Rann. The Gordanians capture his wife Alanna when the effects of the Zeta Ray wear off on him (which teleports him back to Earth). He goes in to rescue her after his confidence is rekindled by Aquaman.


 * Captain Obvious
 * I Want My Jetpack
 * Large Ham: Capable of out-hamming AQUAMAN.
 * Power Incontinence: He can never seem to get the Zeta Beams to work in his favour.

Sherlock Holmes
One of the world's greatest detectives, he was able to deduce much of Batman's life (such as the bat being a symbol of a past trauma, and his strong jaw being a characteristic of a doctor's son) when he arrived in 19th century London because of a spell created by Jason Blood. With his partner Dr. John Watson, they solve cases. An example being a supernatural one caused by Gentleman Jim Craddock (who becomes Gentleman Ghost later).

Sherlock Holmes carries a cane, which is also a scabbard for his hidden sword. He used this sword in "Trials of the Demon", while he says "As you see, my reflexes are as sharp as my mind! And my blade even sharper!"


 * Badass Longcoat: OK, so it's technically an Inverness coat.
 * Nice Hat: The signature deerstalker cap. Inappropriate as city wear for any respectable gentleman, but it's impossible to think of the character without it.
 * Public Domain Character
 * Sherlock Scan

Dr. Watson
Watson is Holmes' partner in detective work. He aids Sherlock in his cases, though Holmes does playfully mock him by telling him not to be an idiot when he guesses wrong many times. An example of one being a supernatural case when Gentleman Jim Craddock (prior to becoming Gentleman Ghost) was stealing souls in exchange for immortality.


 * Public Domain Character
 * The Watson: Well...

Speedy


Speedy is Green Arrow's archer sidekick -- his long-suffering sidekick, even, as we see in a Flash Back Green Arrow has no compunction against sending Speedy into a swamp full of gators to retrieve the former's bow. Speedy is also friends with Aqualad and Robin, and the three bond over chafing that their mentors still insist on treating them as kid sidekicks rather than partners.


 * Calling the Old Man Out: When Green Arrow apologizes for being "a little harsh", Speedy corrects him by saying he's been a jerk. This surprises his mentor a lot, given the harsher, more confident tone the usually chipper sidekick has.
 * Expy: Of the Adam West era Robin.
 * Gosh Darn It to Heck: Speedy still uses interjections like "Jeepers!"
 * Jason Marsden
 * Palette Swap: You could practically call him Red Arrow
 * Redheaded Hero
 * Sidekick

Wildcat


A crime fighter from a bygone era who originally taught Batman how to box, as seen sparring with Batman at the start of the episode, Wildcat is a gruff and feisty crime fighter who is slightly depressed that no one wants to come and learn boxing from him nowadays. He helps Batman in his fight against the Outsiders when they attack a shopping mall, and are apparently working for a gross mutant named Slug. They later find Slug's hideout, but ended up captured and are about to be fed to his giant mutant snapper turtles. Due to trash talking, Slug released Wildcat, but left Batman for the giant turtles in a deep pit. Wildcat fought against Slug while Batman escaped the pit. Wildcat defeated him and threw him in the toxic waste-filled river, which mutated him into an even larger, tentacled freak. Wildcat managed to convince the Outsiders not to consider themselves freaks, saying that he used to be an 'outsider' when he was younger. When Slug emerged from the polluted river, the Outsiders joined Batman in defeating him when Wildcat suffered a heart attack. With advice from Katana, Black Lightning and Metamorpho reactivated Wildcat's heart. Wildcat later trains the Outsiders in boxing. Wildcat later helps Batman fight Bane at the beginning of "Menace of the Conqueror Caveman!"


 * Animal Motifs
 * Badass Grandpa
 * Badass Normal
 * Cool Old Guy
 * Good Old Fisticuffs: Wildcat's signature style
 * Mentor
 * R. Lee Ermey

Proto
A prototype robot designed by Batman, but found him too big to be practical. Confined to the Batcave until he proved useful in stopping Black Mask's attempt to destroy Gotham City. Currently stationed on the moon, warding off potential alien invaders.


 * Adam West
 * Crouching Moron, Hidden Badass: "War on Evil" Mode
 * Gentle Giant
 * Robot Buddy

Damian Wayne
A "what-if" character in this series, Damian would be the son of Bruce Wayne and Selina Kyle (instead of Talia al Ghul like in the comics). After his parents are murdered, he first takes up the Robin identity to assist Dick Grayson (the new Batman). He eventually becomes Batman himself once the timeline reaches the approximate era of The Dark Knight Returns, fighting Frank Miller's mutant gang. Has a child of his own, who looks a whole lot like Carrie Kelly and becomes his own Robin.


 * Alternate Universe
 * Composite Character: Of just about every known or potential offspring of Bruce Wayne:
 * Has the name and general appearance of Damian Wayne, current Robin, Batman's Modern Age son with Talia al Ghul.
 * Has the parentage and motivation of Helena Wayne, the Huntress, Earth-2's Batman's Bronze Age daughter with Catwoman.
 * Has the basic conceit of Bruce Wayne, Jr., "Robin II," the Silver Age imaginary son of Batman and Batwoman Kathy Kane that Alfred wrote stories about.
 * Has (briefly) the snappy Seventies wardrobe of Batman, Jr.
 * Earn Your Happy Ending
 * Legacy Character

Ice
Ice is Fire's airheaded, naive best friend who joins the new Justice League along with Fire. Like her name already says, she has the power to create and control ice.


 * Blue Eyes
 * The Ditz: Among other things, she thinks the New Gods of Apokolips are the Greeks, whom she hates for some reason, and in "Shadow of the Bat" she figures the League is having a sleepover party while in reality the vampire Batman just wants them all together so he can get them at once.
 * An Ice Person
 * Jennifer Hale
 * Lovely Angels: With Fire.
 * White-Haired Pretty Girl

Superman
Clark Kent: mild-mannered reporter, alien crimefighter, and one of Batman's best friends. Due to some red tape, the series' creators were unable to get the rights to the Superman franchise, leading to a bunch of Lawyer-Friendly Cameo appearances throughout season 2 instead. By season 3, Superman could be included, and he duly gets A Day in the Limelight in the season's very first episode. When exposed to red Kryptonite, he turns into a real di... ferrent person.

""Kneel before KING SUPERMAN!""
 * Ascended Meme: His entire episode is devoted to memetic images from Superdickery.
 * The Cape
 * Flying Brick
 * Kneel Before Zod: Ironic, huh?


 * Took a Level In Jerkass: The plot of his episode.

Krypto the Superdog
Superman's pet dog.


 * Canine Companion
 * Evil-Detecting Dog: Immediately noticed when Superman has gone crazy due to.
 * Krypto Can Breathe In Space: Was thrown into space at least twice and came back like it was nothing.

Space Ghost
A superhero who operates in space and has his own collection of gadgets. Unlike all the other heroes, Space Ghost's appearance is an Intercontinuity Crossover.

Uncle Sam
A patriotic superhero who derived his powers from the patriotic feelings of the American people. Leads a group of similar flag-wavers called the Freedom Fighters.
 * All-American Face
 * Badass Grandpa
 * Eagle Land: Type 1.
 * Eagle Land: Type 1.

The Outsiders
A group of teenage superheroes (loosely based on a DC Comics superhero team) consisting of leader Black Lightning, swordswoman Katana, and goofball Shape Shifter Metamorpho. They started out as a gang of teenage criminals being manipulated by the villainous Slug. After Wildcat took down Slug in a boxing match, he and Batman convince them to battle Slug and use their powers for good. They then became heroes, with Wildcat as their Mentor. Their second appearance had them trapped and attacked by the Psycho-Pirate, with Batman coming to their aid, and in the Batman Cold Open for "Requiem For A Scarlet Speedster!" they show up as young adults with two new members on their team (Geo-Force and Halo).

Black Lightning


He is the apparent leader of the trio, leading them on an attack of a shopping center. He has the power to manipulate electricity. His outfit is a blue hoodie with yellow lighting bolts on it, and black cargo pants. Though somewhat confused and angry at the world, Black Lightning doesn't give the appearance of being evil. After Batman and Wildcat infiltrate their underground headquarters and defeat their monstrous leader, Slug, Black Lightning uses his electricity to save Wildcat's life, with instruction from Katana, to jumpstart the elder's heart when he suffers a cardiac arrest. He is seen at the end of the episode boxing with Wildcat. In the teaser for "Duel of the Double Crossers!", he reveals that he has an afro-style haircut underneath his hood.


 * Angry Black Man: Well, Ticked-Off Black Teen anyway.
 * Berserk Button: Lots of 'em.
 * Color Character: What do you mean 'color' character, fool?
 * Disproportionate Retribution: Black Lightning's dream sequence in "Inside the Outsiders!" has him zapping civilians for such minor infractions as driving a Hummer to pick up groceries, wearing white after Labor Day, and not picking up after their dogs.
 * Though the last one was justifiable, since he was wearing his new shoes.
 * Magical Defibrillator: in "Enter the Outsiders!"
 * The Pesci: Every little thing fills him with ridiculous levels of anger.
 * Shock and Awe

Katana


The lone female in the Outsider's trio, she has no super powers, but is a highly skilled martial artist and swordswoman. Katana is generally silent (stating to her friends that "you know how I hate to repeat myself"), typically letting her actions speak for her. After Batman and Wildcat convince her and the Outsiders to turn against their monstrous boss, Slug, Wildcat suffers from a heart attack, causing Katana to take charge of the situation, and speak. She instructs Black Lightning to jumpstart Wildcats heart while Metamorpho becomes oxygen to fill his lungs in order to revive him. She is later seen at Wildcat's gym, dumping out one of his 'Tiger Tonic's (composed of tuna, bananas, raw eggs and tabasco sauce) into a nearby house plant (It should be noted that Batman did this earlier in the episode, and the plant died instantly). Her appearance is that of a teenage Japanese girl in a red skirt and yellow shirt, two shurikens in her hair and she always carries a sword with her.


 * Absurdly Sharp Blade: Her sword slices through metal and concrete.
 * It's a magical weapon.
 * Badass Normal
 * Hime Cut: in "Enter the Outsiders!"
 * Hot Chick with a Sword
 * Magic Skirt
 * The Other Darrin: In her debut appearance, her few lines were voiced by Vyvam Pham. While she was silent in the teaser for "Duel of the Double Crossers!", she was voiced by Kim Mai Guest in "Inside the Outsiders!"
 * The Quiet One: It's explained in her backstory why she's this way.
 * Shout-Out: Her design resembles Gogo Yubari.
 * Throwing Your Sword Always Works: Vs. Despero in "Duel of the Double Crossers!"

Metamorpho


Metamorpho has the ability to change his body into any shape, as well as transforming into any member of the periodic table of elements. Metamorpho helps in saving Wildcat's life when his heart stops in the middle of a fight by turning his body into oxygen in order to get into Wildcat's lungs. His appearance is like that of his comic-book alter ego, though he appears to be younger than the Rex Mason version. His unique abilities apparently require lots of energy, as he is seen almost constantly eating during the show. At the end of the episode he is seen at Wildcat's gym heartily drinking down Wildcat's Tiger Tonic.

"Wildcat: He got in my mouth!"
 * Beware the Nice Ones: In "Inside the Outsiders!" we find out he has a lot of bottled-up anger.
 * Big Eater
 * Extreme Omnivore: He gleefully drinks Lethal Chef Wildcat's "Tiger Tonic" and calls it "the best milkshake ever!".
 * Scott Menville
 * Shapeshifting Squick: Since he can turn into gases and liquids, he could force himself into people.


 * Voluntary Shapeshifter

Ambush Bug
A Cloudcuckoolander with the ability to Teleport Spam and awareness of the Fourth Wall. Appears only in the Grand Finale.


 * Combat Pragmatist: He doesn't let his lack of offensive powers stop him from beating Gorilla Grodd with a dropbox.
 * Heroic Build: Defied. His limbs are like knotted string but he also has a noticeable paunch.
 * Hit Me Dammit: So that the viewers will stick around to watch Batman beat him up.
 * The Knights Who Say Squee
 * Meta Guy
 * Rage Against the Author
 * Rage Against the Author

Baby Face


Alfonso Vincenzo Giuseppe Face is a ruthless gangster with the face of a young child, but a manly voice of Edward G. Robinson. Though when he is defeated he whines like a baby, and he also wears diapers. He was defeated by Batman, Plastic Man, and Elongated Man in "Journey to the Center of the Bat!"

Baby Face returns in "Night of the Huntress!" , now married to his sweetheart, Miss (now Mrs) Manface) and fights Batman, Blue Beetle III and The Huntress when he springs his crew from Blackgate Prison. After freeing the inmates there, he and his gang escape. He then plans to break into Warehouse X to obtain the criminal weapons there. Batman, Blue Beetle, and Huntress tried to stop them, but end up defeated and trapped in an hourglass trap that was previously used by Clock King. Babyface leads his gang to Little Sisters of Gotham Convent (the peaceful part of Gotham) where a crime lord summit is being held and ends up attacking them. Batman, Blue Beetle, and Huntress escape and Batman uses his transforming Batmobile to combat Babyface's robot while Blue Beetle and Huntress deal with his gang. Batman manages to blow up Babyface's robot, defeating him.


 * Anti-Villain: Of sorts. He'll quite happily dish out the hurt to our heroes or indeed any innocent Red Shirt, but he genuinely loves Miss Manface and has made an honest woman of her by the time of "Night of the Huntress".
 * Guns Akimbo: With twin Thompson SMGs.
 * Kissing Discretion Shot: This happens with Mrs. Manface. We cut away to a guard's reaction, which is more worthy of a Gory Discretion Shot.
 * Psychopathic Manchild: With special emphasis on the "child."
 * Tom Kenny
 * Verbal Tic, see?

Black Manta


Black Manta is a criminal from the surface world who was hired by Orm to kill AQUAMAN. When Orm succeeds in capturing AQUAMAN and becomes "Ocean Master", Black Manta betrays and imprisons him. He planed to use a machine to destroy and plunder Atlantis, but was stopped by AQUAMAN, Ocean Master, and Batman. He was arrested and locked in Iron Heights. He appears again in the episode "Enter the Outsiders!" where he is robbing an armored car but is defeated by Batman and B'wana Beast. Black Manta teams up with Owlman and the other villains assembled by Owlman in "Game Over for Owlman". In "Night of the Huntress", Black Manta makes a cameo as one of the inmates trying to escape Blackgate Prison.

""That old Black Manta is bound to annoy!""
 * Animal Motifs: The manta.
 * Arch Enemy: To AQUAMAN
 * Arm Cannon
 * Color Character
 * Eye Beams: a major upgrade in powers from one of his earliest animated incarnation.
 * Kevin Michael Richardson
 * Sitcom Arch Nemesis: Unsurprisingly, his role in Aquaman's sitcom.

Catwoman


Batman has never met another villain quite like the illusive and illustrious Catwoman, and not even a complex death trap can keep the two from friendly flirting.


 * Animal Motifs
 * Dating Catwoman
 * Deadpan Snarker
 * Fetish Fuel Station Attendant
 * Whip It Good

Clock King
The first villain to appear in The Brave And The Bold, Clock King has simple goals in life: assemble a clock-themed group of henchmen in a clock-themed secret lair, construct elaborate clock-themed traps and/or weapons, and use them to rob banks and/or kill Batman.


 * Clock King: While worth mentioning simply because of the name, he has yet to demonstrate the precise timing to be worthy of this trope.
 * Dee Bradley Baker
 * Jobber: Made a few appearances, but never got the time of day as the villain of a full episode. He'd appear, get beaten and the episode would move on.
 * Nice Hat
 * Rogues Gallery Transplant

Crazy Quilt


An ex-painter who leads a double life as a master thief, he is blinded during a battle with Batman and Robin. While in prison, he volunteers for an experimental procedure that would restore his vision. There is a side-effect, however: Even though he can see, he can only see in blinding, disorienting colors. Crazy-Quilt's wears a helmet that allows him to hypnotize his victims using flashing lights of various colors. It can also project lethal laser beams, blinding lights, and functions as artificial eyes since his own eyes no longer function; the lenses feed their input signal straight into his brain.


 * Arch Enemy: To Robin
 * It's Personal: His motivation.
 * Mad Artist
 * Nice Hat

Equinox


An orphan empowered with powers of Order and Chaos, he was suppose to keep the balance. However, the opposing sides of his psyche broke his mind.

As far as Equinox is concerned, there's a delicate balance between good and evil, and he's the only one concerned with preserving it. If some bad guy gets too powerful, he'll take them out to keep evil in check...and if a hero starts wiping out bad guys left and right, Equinox will try to keep them in check too.


 * A God Am I
 * Balance Between Order and Chaos: A very good example on how arbitrary this justification can be.
 * Big Bad
 * Expy: Shares a similar backstory and obsession with balance to Silver Age Libra.
 * Not Quite Dead:
 * One-Winged Angel:
 * Omnicidal Maniac: Eventually snapped and tried to destroy and recreate the universe in his own image.
 * Reality Warper
 * Stupid Neutral: Pretty much outright stated.
 * Villainous Breakdown:
 * Stupid Neutral: Pretty much outright stated.
 * Villainous Breakdown:

Gentleman Ghost
"Gentleman" Jim Craddock was a notorious highwayman in 19th-century England, but as his fame spread, he began to seek something more than simple wealth. In search of the ultimate power he made a deal with the demon Astaroth-- in exchange for ten human souls, he would be granted immortality. Unfortunately for him, Astaroth's definition of "immortal" didn't quite match up with Craddock's. When the courts ordered Gentleman Jim hanged for his crimes, his body died, leaving his soul to wander the earth as "Gentleman Ghost," seeking revenge on the living-- particularly Batman. As a ghost, Craddock is nearly immune to tangible weapons-- only the Thanagarian element "Nth Metal" can touch him if he doesn't want to be touched.


 * Achilles Heel: Nth Metal.
 * Arch Enemy: To Batman, since he was responsible for his death.
 * Deal with the Devil
 * Dem Bones
 * Evil Brit
 * Expy: for Jack the Ripper
 * Hoist by His Own Petard
 * Nice Hat
 * Rogues Gallery Transplant: originally a Hawkman villain.
 * Victorian London
 * Wicked Cultured

Gorilla Grodd


One of the more frequently featured villains in the show. Grodd helped set the tone for the series in the second episode by turning Batman into an ape on Dinosaur Island.

""Batman. The one human worthy of my intellect.""
 * Blatant Lies: He's had that utility belt that looks like Batman's for years. You've just never seen him wear it.
 * Breather Episode: Was the featured villain of the very silver aged "Gorillas In Our Midst!" after the Darker and Edgier Chill of the Night.
 * Everything's Better with Monkeys
 * Foe Yay: Monsieur Mallah, who is gay in the comics, mentions that Grodd may be a little *too* obsessed with Batman.
 * John Dimaggio
 * Mind Control
 * Rogues Gallery Transplant
 * Unexplained Recovery: Was turned human at the end of his first appearence. After a cameo as a human he's back to normal.
 * Worthy Opponent: Considers Batman one.

The Joker


This incarnation of the Clown Prince Of Crime is as clownish as he's ever been, but underneath the fun-loving, acid-pie-throwing exterior, he lives to destroy Batman at all costs. Which makes it a bit confusing when he has to deal with two of them.


 * Ax Crazy: Even in the Lighter and Softer Silver Age atmosphere, he retains some of his murderousness from his modern interpretations.
 * Crazy Prepared: He's got several gadgets that combat Batman's in "The Vile and the Villainous."
 * Crouching Moron, Hidden Badass: Particularly his "what-if" future incarnation.
 * Death Trap: He's put Batman through a few.
 * Enemy Mine: He's forced to team up with Batman when Owlman comes to Gotham.
 * And in a surprisingly dark twist for the series, his desire to die at Batman's hands to make him feel the guilt is eventually mentioned.
 * Evil Laugh: If he didn't write it he at least signed the Grandfather Clause.
 * Homage: This version of the Joker is both an homage to Dick Sprang's Joker's design and Cesar Romero's performance on the '60's Batman show.
 * Fourth Wall Observer: Provides a play by play in Death Race to Oblivion. Just because he can.
 * Hyperspace Arsenal: His primary method of combat.
 * Jeff Bennett
 * Large Ham: He's not the same otherwise.
 * Pet the Dog: he's a genuine fan of washed-up villain the Weeper, and even tries to help the latter get back to his prime.
 * Politically-Incorrect Villain: His response to Harley saying she's been thinking? "Your first mistake."
 * Of course, that might not so much be because she's a woman as because she's Harley.
 * Put the Laughter In Slaughter: He laughs as much as you'd think when he repeatedly kills Batman as Emperor Joker.
 * Reality Warper: Thanks to Batmite in "Emperor Joker!"
 * Villain Episode: Joker: The Vile and the Villainous. They even changed intro.
 * Villainous Harlequin: This version owes more to his 60's appearances than his modern Monster Clown ones. But then again, there's "Emperor Joker!"...
 * Villain Song: ''Where's the Fun In That?" in "Emperor Joker!"
 * Where's the Fun In That?: The theme of the above Villain Song in "Emperor Joker!", in response to Harley Quinn asking him if he's going to unmask Batman.
 * He also uses this phrase in the episode where  in reference to being a goodguy.

K'rull The Eternal
A Neanderthal man who gained immortality from the strange light of a glowing red meteor, K'rull believes himself to be intrinsically superior to the mere humans who now rule the globe. He lives for the day when he can overthrow Homo sapiens and take his rightful place as ruler...and don't let his caveman look fool you, because he's more than smart enough to do it.


 * Composite Character: Of Captain Marvel villain King Kull and Vandal Savage, with a hint of Darkseid's son Kalibak.
 * Genius Bruiser
 * Green Rocks: He got his immortality from a red meteorite.
 * Michael Dorn
 * Who Wants to Live Forever?: He's immortal, so he outlives everything he conquers.

Lex Luthor

 * Arch Enemy: To Superman. Shocker I know.
 * Big Bad: Cleary shown to be in charge of the Legion of Doom.
 * Fat Bastard: Much chunkier than in previous adaptations. Must be all those cakes.
 * Gambit Roulette: Exposing Superman to Red Kryptonite.
 * Green Rocks: Relied on Kryptonite so much Superman no longer needs super vision to see it coming.
 * Kevin Michael Richardson: Not many can say they have been both the Joker and Lex Luthor.
 * Power Armour
 * Smug Snake
 * Vitriolic Best Buds: With Joker and Cheeta.

Mrs. Manface


Manfreda Donatella Face is the wife of Babyface. She has the face of a square-jawed man (complete with a five o'clock shadow), but the voice and body of a normal woman. When she tried to help Babyface, the hands on her robot were ripped off by Batman in the Batbot. When she asks if Batman wouldn't hurt a lady, Batman responds by saying "The Hammer of Justice is always unisex" and knocks her down. Voiced by Ellen Greene.


 * Butter Face
 * Exactly What It Says on the Tin
 * Perma Stubble
 * Rule of Funny

Morgaine Le Fay
Medieval witch. Arthur's sister. You may have heard of her. Enslaved Etrigan in Arthurian times to help take over Camelot and kill Merlin.


 * Breath Weapon
 * Femme Fatalons
 * Public Domain Character
 * Scaled Up
 * Taken for Granite: Her favorite method of dispatching an enemy. Even her dragon fire turns folks to stone.
 * Vain Sorceress

The Music Meister


Picked on at school for being in choir, he finds that he can control people's minds using his singing voice, resulting in possibly the greatest Musical Episode of anything ever. Played by Neil Patrick Harris.


 * Camp Straight: He has a musical theme, Unlimited Wardrobe of ostentatious outfits, an openly gay voice actor--and a Villainous Crush on Black Canary.
 * Card-Carrying Villain: Proclaims himself to be "the maestro of villainy".
 * Changing Clothes Is a Free Action: He goes through around a dozen costumes, including eight in a single extended scene.
 * Compelling Voice: A compelling singing voice. He doesn't even have to exactly sing the commands. He just has to sing, and people fall into step.
 * Evil Redhead
 * Freudian Excuse: Bullies used to pick on him because he sang in choir, but something very strange occurred when he kept singing higher. The ruffians around him quickly fell into a trance, and it was then, with wicked glee, he made those puppets dance!
 * Also, his initial Villain Song continually mentions him "settl[ing] the score."
 * Large Ham
 * Making a Spectacle of Yourself
 * Mad Artist: He's a great singer, who takes "wicked glee" in using his hypnotic voice to control people into doing big (and lethal) music numbers while they steal or fight heroes for him.
 * Mythology Gag: Neil Patrick Harris is credited as a "Special Guest Villain" for this episode.
 * The Music Meister: The proud Trope Namer.
 * Musical Episode
 * Musical World Hypotheses: The musical Episode is explained by him having spontaneous musical numbers as an explicit super power.
 * Neil Patrick Harris
 * Psychic-Assisted Suicide: "Now that Batman's been delayed/Your usefulness has passed/A distraction is what I need/So kick into that blast!" (Of course, Batman saves them.)
 * Squishy Wizard: It only takes Batman a single punch to knock him out.
 * There Is No Kill Like Overkill: His Death Trap. Did they survive the Frickin' Laser Beams, the water cannons loaded with acid and the pendulum blades? Now The Walls Are Closing In before a Trap Door opens to an Acid Pool. Let's also have a Time Bomb just in case. When your prisoners are Batman and Black Canary, this is of course Bond Villain Stupidity at its finest.
 * Unlimited Wardrobe
 * Villain Song: Pretty much always.
 * Wingding Pupils: His eyes and glasses are two musical notes.

Owlman
Exactly who Owlman is has never been revealed, but what we do know is that he's as evil as Batman is good. Exactly as evil. Batman's counterpart in an alternate universe, Owlman led a team of other such evil twins against the heroes of his world, and eventually defeated and imprisoned all but one. Now, with his Earth subjugated by the Injustice Syndicate, Owlman's sights are set on the conquest of other worlds.


 * Animal Motifs
 * Bat Signal
 * Costume Copycat
 * Crazy Prepared
 * Diedrich Bader
 * Pungeon Master: Reels off a particularly painful Hurricane of Puns to his captured enemies.
 * Shadow Archetype
 * Shout-Out: Owlman's costume is similar to Justice Lord Batman. When he dresses up as Batman, he's a dead ringer for the B:TAS's version, but with pointier ears.

Psycho Pirate
Gaining powers off of others' fears, Psycho Pirate lures his victims into traps that will leave them reliving their worst nightmares so he may feed off of pure fear.


 * Emotion Eater: He eats anger.

R'as al Ghul
A well-intentioned villain who wants to protect nature... by destroying human civilization. Despite his views on nature he is rather old fashioned when it comes to his daughter Talia, feeling that a woman is incapable of succeeding him.


 * Beard of Evil
 * Heir Club for Men: Talia just isn't good enough, apparently.
 * Power Armour: In Crisis, 22,300 miles above Earth.
 * We Can Rule Together: R'as tries this on Robin, who declines.
 * Well-Intentioned Extremist

Talia al Ghul
Ra's al Ghul's daughter, she wants to be his heir and feels threatened by his interest in Robin. So far she doesn't appear to return Robin's attraction to her.


 * Daddy's Little Villain: Lacks the innocence some of her other incarnations have, though that doesn't make her totally loyal to R'as.
 * Dating Catwoman: Robin was hoping for this but is quickly shot down.
 * That's because she's only interested in Batman.
 * Inadequate Inheritor: Ra's knows just how skilled she is, but would still prefer a male heir. He tells Robin this while she's in the same room.
 * Mad Scientist's Beautiful Daughter: See Dating Catwoman.
 * Purple Eyes
 * Spy Catsuit: Actually more coverage than she often has in her other depictions.

The Terrible Trio
Fox, Shark, and Vulture are bored millionaires who become martial artists that wear masks of the animals they represent. As members of the Shadow Clan, they plan to steal the Wudang Totem from its respective temple, first killing off Master Wong Fei with a dart containing 7 different venoms. Batman and Bronze Tiger end up battling them to protect the Wudang Temple. When the Terrible Trio obtains the Wudang Totem, they turn into monstrous versions of the animals they represent. Attempting to take over Hong Kong, they are stopped by Batman and Bronze Tiger (who managed to use the Wudang Totem's powers to become monstrous versions of the animals they represent as well).


 * Adaptational Badass
 * Arrogant Kung Fu Guy: Especially Fox.
 * Drop the Hammer: Shark.
 * Dual-Wielding: Vulture.
 * Master Poisoner: Fox.
 * Upgrade Artifact

Two-Face
Once Gotham City's DA Harvey Dent, his face got scared and his personality was split. Half good, half evil. His coin decides what the two personalities do. Batman hopes he can be reformed because Harvey was a good friend of Bruce Wayne's.

""Two-bit punks! Think you can double-cross Twoface?""
 * Combat Pragmatist: Fair's good... But GUNS are better!
 * Eviler Than Thou: Lost to Matches Malone.
 * Guns Akimbo: And he keeps a couple of spares.
 * Pungeon Master: The number two comes up once or twice when he speaks.


 * Strange Bedfellows: Manages to be both the guest hero and the villain of his debut teasar after his Mooks question the results of sparring Batman after a coin toss.
 * Two-Faced

Starro

 * Alternate Company Equivalent: to Marvel Comics' Galactus. (Actually Starro came first, but the whole planet-devouring shtick is more Galactus' than his.)
 * Big Bad: Of a current Story Arc going on in the show's Cold Openings, where The Faceless Hunter is gathering most of the superheroes to become Hive Mind slaves.
 * Eldritch Abomination
 * Hive Mind
 * Kevin Michael Richardson
 * Madness Mantra: "Starro lives".
 * No Celebrities Were Harmed: Kevin Michael Richardson seemed to be channeling Frank Welker's Dr. Claw/Darkseid/Soundwave voice.
 * One-Winged Angel: Thanks to Bwana Beast's powers.

The Faceless Hunter

 * Alternate Company Equivalent: to the Silver Surfer, with a twist.
 * Dragon with an Agenda
 * The Faceless: Duh.
 * John Dimaggio
 * The Most Dangerous Game: His main motivation.
 * The Most Dangerous Game: His main motivation.

Professor Zoom
The yellow-clad Evil Counterpart to the Flash, Eobard Thawne is a criminal who hails from the 25th century. His mission is to destroy his lawful nemesis and all that the Flash stands for.


 * Casting Gag: He was voiced by John Wesley Shipp, who played Barry Allen in the short-lived Flash TV series.
 * Composite Character: He's ostensibly Eobard Thawne (Reverse-Flash I/Zoom I) in his antagonism to Barry, but his mask is that of Hunter Zolomon (Reverse-Flash II/Zoom II) with the black-and-red eyes.
 * Evil Overlord: Of the 25th century, in "Requiem for a Scarlet Speedster."
 * Gadgeteer Genius: He was able to create a device that siphoned into arm-bands that powered his private army and exponentially increased his own speed.
 * Mad Scientist
 * Red Eyes, Take Warning
 * Super Speed

Alfred

 * The Jeeves
 * Shipper on Deck: Batman and Catwoman. He even writes Real Person Fic about it.

Lois Lane
"Lex Luthor: [Superman] won't dare interfere with my plans as long as I have you.
 * Badass Damsel

Lois: Then I'll just have to remove myself from the equation!"


 * Complaining About Rescues They Don't Like: Calls for Superman. Batman catches her.
 * Intrepid Reporter

Jimmy Olsen

 * Hero Worshipper: Keeps Superman memorabilia in his shed.
 * Intrepid Reporter: Up to faking ill to try and learn Supes' secret identity.
 * Superpower Silly Putty: Featuring a Cutaway Gag to the infamous Turtle boy.

The Mystery Inc. Gang
The gang from Scooby Doo who usually solves various mysteries they stumbled to. They appear in a Crossover in one episode.


 * Took a Level In Badass: Thanks to Bat-Mite, Scooby and Shaggy starts beating up Joker and the Penguin with Batman and Robin.
 * Trademark Favorite Food: The Scooby Snax as usual, which was used by the Joker against them.