| “ | Welcome, Gotham City, to the art of destruction. | „ |
| ~ Anarky's most famous line. |
| “ | Don't be so glum my treasures. You're not going to perish alone. All of Gotham City will be right behind you. | „ |
| ~ Anarky unleashing a deadly virus to all of Gotham. |
Anarky (real name Lonnie Machin) is one of the three main antagonists of the animated series Beware the Batman.
He is a supervillain and terrorist who is obsessed with plunging Gotham City into a state of anarchy, which he believes to be the ideal societal structure. Unlike his anti-villainous comics counterpart, however, this version of the character has no code of ethics or concern for life in general; he commits violent crime not to serve a greater good but simply to free people from the "binds of morality" and make the world burn, deeming it the natural state of the universe.
He was voiced by Wallace Langham.
What Makes Him Pure Evil?[]
- He arms 2 teenage vandals into becoming much worse and unleashed them on a huge rampage that threatened the lives of innocent civilians.
- As a part of his first scheme to be Batman's worthy opponent, he rigs 2 gondolas filled with people to explode when they cross each other. When Batman attempted to stop this, Anarky personally attempted to stop him from saving the lives of dozens of people.
- Holds Ra's al Ghul's comatose body hostage to force Lady Shiva to steal a virus and then pits Batman against her to trick them into unleashing a lethal plague that will wipe out nearly all of Gotham, that is, upon having them horrifically mutate.
- While he does return Ra's body to Lady Shiva, it was to both keep them off his tail as he knows they will be angry for kidnapping their leader and trying to get their second-in-command killed, and more importantly, he was excited for all the chaos Ra's will wreck upon Gotham when he rises.
- He frames Batman for an attempt on the Mayor's life to lure him, Katana, and Harvey Dent to trap him, where he forces them to surrender under the threat of them all, including himself, being blown up.
- He was actually tricking them all to activate a bomb that would destroy Symbion Park, which is populated with police officers, gleefully detonating it.
- Hiring Deathstroke to terrorize Gotham and place innocent civilians in danger.
- When Harvey became disfigured from a blast, Anarky corrupted him into becoming a dirty and ruthless politician, having him threaten all his political rivals to either leave the election or do his bidding.
- In his return in the tie-in comics, he unlocks every door in Gotham and then announces to everyone to go mad in their panic-stricken state to instigate a riot that will tear the entire city apart.
- He does respect Batman and his skills, but ultimately, Anarky's respect for Batman is ultimately out of a huge egotistical desire to be Batman's ultimate enemy and have songs written off their struggles, and he only respects his skills.
Trivia[]
- This version of Anarky, along with his Arrowverse incarnation, is one of the two versions of Anarky to be Pure Evil.
- He is also the only Beware the Batman villain to be Pure Evil.
External Links[]
- Anarky on the Villains Wiki Wiki
- Anarky on the Magnificent Baddie Wiki
