Fox has pushing the villains of Gotham City hard in the lead up to Gotham Season, promising the return of favorites from Season 1, like Oswald Cobblepot, and teasing new threats, like the Tigress and possibly the Joker and the Court of Owls.
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But not every villain in Batman’s rogues gallery is worthy of network prime time. In his long history, Batman has gone through some villains that might work as jokey villains on The Brave and the Bold, but should probably stay off the dark, noir streets of Gotham.
Here are five villains we never want to see on Gotham.
Gotham returns for Season 2 on Fox on Sept. 21.
Crazy Quilt
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Peter Dekker was a painter who moonlighted as a thief, at least until a gunshot blinded him.
In prison, he underwent an experimental procedure to restore his sight. It was successful, in a fashion, leaving him only able to see blindingly bright colors.
The effect drove him insane, and he took on the Crazy Quilt persona, andย equippedย himself with light based laser and hypnoticย technology.
Whatever the rest of his story is, he’s a villain named after a gift your grandmother might make for your. Probably not TV material.
Ten Eyed Man
Because there’s no one better suited to fight a bat than a blind person, Ten Eyed Man is another criminal driven by blindness.
A war veteran, Ten Eyed Man went blind and had his optic nerves reattached to his fingers, because science.
Seeing through his fingers grants him 360 degree vision. It also make him way too strange forย Gotham.
Kite Man
Coming from the “themed after a random object the creators had lying around” school of villainy, Kite Man is a villain who uses kites and kite-themed weaponry to commit crimes.
No really, that’s it.
Then again, with Balloonmanย in the first season, Kite Man might fit in toย Gotham’sย underworld.
Baby Doll
There were aย a lot of great things from Batman: The Animated Series that made it into the comics and other media. Harley Quinn. Mr. Freeze’sย retooled origin.
Baby Doll is not one of them.
Baby Doll is a bratty sitcom star who became trapped in a perpetually childlike body. Just imagine that Michelle fromย Full House never grew up and got really bitter about it and you’ll understand why nobody should want her onย Gotham.
Bat-Mite
Unlike most of the other characters on this list, Bat-Mite is actually a pretty neat character on his own. He just doesn’t fit into the grounded world ofย Gotham very well.
Bat-Mite is a creature from the fifth dimension, and Batman’s biggest fan. He tends to insert himself in the Caped Crusader’s adventures intending to help, but usually ends up causing more trouble than he solves.
He’s zany, and goofy, and funny, and not at all right forย Gotham.
