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There will be other opportunities to peer behind the mask, Batman. For if you think you have defeated Gotham's ultimate criminal mastermind, think again.
~ Strange upon his incarceration.
The line between genius and insanity is often blurred.
~ Strange to Batman.

Hugo Strange is a recurring antagonist in the 2004-08 animated superhero television series The Batman.

He was the chief of psychiatry at Arkham and wanted to learn more about the criminal mind.

The character was earlier voiced by the late Frank Gorshin. From his fourth appearance, he was voiced by Richard Green, who also voiced Lord Orm in Justice League.

What Makes Him Pure Evil?[]

  • He toys with the well-being of his patients, just to satisfy his curiosity about how the criminal mind works. One good example is when he cured Arnold Wesker of his split personality, Scarface, before breaking his mind again, much to Batman's anger.
  • Although not blatantly stated, it's at least possible that he lied about Ethan Bennett (the first Clayface) being sane during his court trial. If that's the case, then he would be responsible for Clayface nearly murdering Batman and Joker after he left Arkham.
  • While he does try to help locate Detective Ellen Yin after she gets kidnapped by, the Joker, it was likely just to protect his own image rather than true altruism. Indeed, when Batman comes across him inside the Joker's mind, Strange seems more interested in talking with a child Joker about the Joker's childhood than looking for Yin.
  • Let's Scarface leave Arnold Wesker and later bringing back Scarface to ruin Weasker's new life.
  • When confronted by Batman about putting Scarface in Wesker's apartment, he shows no remorse over his actions, saying, "I had to see if the criminal mind can be cured". Batman does not believe him, and he vows to keep an eye on him.
  • Lies to Gotham PD, saying DAVE will help catch criminals when it is the opposite. Bruce finds his claims hard to believe.
  • He builds D.A.V.E. to go on a massive crime spree, almost forcing Batman to choose between either letting Alfred get crushed or revealing his secret identity to the public.
  • He literary calls himself Gotham's ultimate criminal mastermind after being caught, showing he views himself better than the common criminal.
  • He infects Batman with a hallucinogen to make him flood the city with fear toxin and drive so many people insane. Said toxin causes Batman and Robin to hallucinate everyone to be zombies, which would have meant countless people could have been killed in the 48 hour window had Batman released the toxin while believing it to be an antidote. Strange was only stopped when Batman realized that it was the toxin that Strange drugged him with, and Batman is horrified that he almost gassed his own city. The reason Strange did this was just to break Batman and prove himself as Gotham's criminal mastermind. Strange also taunts Batman about losing Robin after Batgirl manages to capture him.
  • Unlike the other villains who were captured by Rumor, he shows no concern for his allies and laughs at Paul's attempt to save his boss, believing it to be pathetic.
  • In the comics, he offers to help cure Ethan Bennett (a.k.a. Clayface), only to reveal that he plans to turn him into a mindless giant and wreck Gotham.
  • He worked with the Joining, an alien race, to gain universal knowledge and went so far as to basically sell out humanity to be destroyed by them (since he's de-powering the Justice League so they can't fight back when they arrive).
  • While he does become comatose due to being overfilled with knowledge by the end of the show, no one felt sympathy for him due to his evil actions.

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Comics
Joker | Hugo Strange | Black Mask | Deacon Blackfire | Dr. Crane | James Gordon, Jr (Post Crisis) | Mary Keeny | Punchline | Vandal Savage | Victor Zsasz | Mr. Whisper | Professor Zoom (Dark Multiverse)

Other Earths
Joker (Earth-31) | William X. Malady | Joker (The Nail) | Joker (Joker) | Mayor Oswald Cobblepot | Batman (Catwoman: Guardian of Gotham) | Barbatos | The Batman Who Laughs | Robin King | Joker (SM&BM: Disordered Minds) | Carnage (SM&BM: Disordered Minds) | Red Skull (B&CA)

Movies
Batman (1989): Joker
Batman: Mask of the Phantasm: Joker
The Dark Knight Trilogy: Joker | Scarecrow

Direct-to-video Movies
Batman Beyond: Return of the Joker: Joker
The Batman vs. Dracula: Joker
Superman/Batman: Public Enemies: Lex Luthor | Major Force
Batman: Under the Red Hood: Joker
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns: Joker
Son of Batman: Deathstroke | Talia al Ghul
Batman: Assault on Arkham: Riddler | Joker | Scarecrow
Batman: Bad Blood: Talia al Ghul
Batman: Gotham by Gaslight: Jack the Ripper
Batman vs. TMNT: Ra's al Ghul | Shredder
Batman: The Long Halloween: Joker
Injustice: Joker | Scarecrow

Television
Batman: The Animated Series: Joker | Grant Walker
Batman Beyond: David Wheeler
The Batman: Joker | Hugo Strange
Batman: The Brave and the Bold: Kanjar-Ro | Gentleman Ghost | Psycho-Pirate | Silver Cyclone | Mongul | The Faceless Hunter | Darkseid
Beware the Batman: Anarky
Batman: Caped Crusader: Arnold Flass | Penguin

Novelizations
The Dark Knight Trilogy: Scarecrow

Video Games
Batman Begins: Scarecrow

See Also
Arkhamverse Pure Evils | Catwoman Pure Evils | Gotham Pure Evils | Harley Quinn Pure Evils | Justice League Pure Evils | Suicide Squad Pure Evils

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Animated Features
Saruman | Jenner | Ommadon | Bryagh | Joker (Mask of the Phantasm and Return of the Joker | The Batman vs. Dracula | Under the Red Hood | The Dark Knight Returns | Assault on Arkham | Injustice Film | Tomorrowverse) | Jacques | Thrax | Brainiac | General Aguila | Toyman | Eon | Emperor Palpatine | King Malbert | Black Wolf | Lex Luthor | Major Force | Owlman | Superwoman | Grings Kodai | Volcazar | Madame Lorraine | Surtr | Solaris | Rough Cut | Vandal Savage | Atomic Skull | Brainiac | Professor Zoom | Deathstroke | Black Manta | Darkseid | Harlequin | Talia al Ghul | Alva | Destiny | Jack the Ripper | Philip Eberfroe | Shredder | Ra's al Ghul | Trigon | Agent Trout | Brainiac | Joseph Stalin | Sinestro | Brainiac

Live-Action Features
Harry Potter
Lord Voldemort | Peter Pettigrew | Barty Crouch Jr. | Dolores Umbridge

Middle-earth
Azog | Smaug | Sauron | Saruman | Gothmog | Mouth of Sauron

DC Extended Universe
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Other
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Animated Television
Teen Titans
Slade | Trigon | Brain | Professor Chang

Other
Smaug | Witch-king of Angmar | Joker (DC Animated Universe | Matsudaverse) | Grant Walker | Dark Kat | Dr. Viper | Mutilor | Brainiac | Darkseid | Granny Goodness | Karkull | Reverend Amos Howell | Vangus | Dick Hardly | David Wheeler | Katz | Queen of the Black Puddle | Fusilli | Stitch Sisters | Aku | The Leader of the Chritchellites | High Priestess | The Dominator | Imperium | Lord Orm | Mongul | Doctor Destiny | Hugo Strange | Cecil Creepler | Vilgax | Zs'Skayr | Eon | Mr. Salacia | Brainiac 1.0 | V.V. Argost | Ragnarok | General Grievous | Emperor Palpatine | Dr. Nuvo Vindi | Wat Tambor | Grand Moff Tarkin | Riff Tamson | Pong Krell | Keeper Agruss | Kanjar-Ro | Gentleman Ghost | Psycho-Pirate | Silver Cyclone | Mongul | The Faceless Hunter | Darkseid | Twin Masters | The Lich (Farmworld) | Dr. Gross | Van Kleiss | Dr. Branden Moses | Aggregor | Evil Entity | General Modula | Galalunan Commander | Brain | Black Beetle | Ocean-Master | Frederick DeLamb | Anti-Monitor | Maltruant | Anarky | The Beast | Cecil Creepler | High Override | Harlequin | Granny Goodness | Ape Shaman | Night Feeder | Mad-Man | Queen Ima | Benatu Eshu | Dr. Caledonius | Invictus | Lord Commander | Werthrent | Kraken | Parasite | Brainiac | Penguin | Arnold Flass

Live-Action Television
Supernatural
God | Lucifer | Lilith | Alastair | Abaddon | Dick Roman | Terrence Clegg | Michael | The Shadow

Other
Kurt Barlow | Richard Straker (Miniseries) | Nicholas Pike | Dr. Carl Tanner | Beaugarde Lesko | It | The Trickster | Antono Refa | Anubis | Kai Parker | Arcadius | Joffrey Baratheon | Gregor Clegane | Walder Frey | Craster | Ramsay Bolton | Karl Tanner | Lorne Malvo | Count Vertigo | The Dollmaker | Werner Zytle | Matthew Shrieve | Lonnie Machin | Jerome Valeska | The Dollmaker | Hugo Strange | Professor Pyg | Jeremiah Valeska | Eobard Thawne | The Trickster | Zoom | Indigo | Roulette | Queen Rhea | Morgan Edge | Selena | Valentina Vostok | Quentin Turnbull | Atropos | The Sinnerman | Julian McCaffrey | Dromos | Michael | Pete Daily | Martin Proctor | Henderson | Dragon King | Bartel | Zeta-Rho | Anti-Monitor

Literature
Scarecrow | Lex Luthor

Video Games
Arhamverse
Joker | Scarecrow | Hugo Strange | Riddler | Calendar Man | Simon Stagg

Injustice
Doomsday | Brainiac | Scarecrow

Other
Hammond Litte | Rafael Drake | Scarecrow | Scabrous Scrotus

Fanon
Sargon | Aggregor | Rose the Hat | Overlook Hotel | Bizarre | Jonathan Gavrilovic | Zolkoff | Sawyer (Lost and Found) | The Man In The Woods | Katz (The Bagges Take Ostania)

Scripts
Vlad Tepsch | Brainiac | Esther Coleman

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