Secret Villains in Batman Movies

There's a lot of comic book villains that have been adapted on Batman movies, but there's a few that most people didn't realize they were adapted hidden in plain sight.
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Time Stamps:
00:00 - Victor Zsasz
01:50 - Henri Ducard
03:11 - Ubu
03:36 - James Gordon Jr
05:29 - John Daggett
06:05 - KGBeast
07:15 - Deathstroke
08:37 - The Riddler and Mad Hatter
09:41 - Black Mask
09:51 - Suicide Squad Villains
10:26 - Scarecrow
11:32 - The Floronic Man
13:06 - Two Face
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[@ulyssesveracruz8343]

You also forgot that in peacemaker series peacemaker did mention that the first villan he captured was kiteman

[@SantiBarrios]

Damn you're right lmao, good catch! I also thought about mentioning Bat Mite from Peacemaker but he isn't exactly a villain

[@loganwithlightsabers3051]

One of the biggest missed opportunities of the Birds of Prey movie was not having C-list villains like Kiteman, Condiment King, the Human Flea etc going after the bounty on Harley

[@ulyssesveracruz8343]

​@@loganwithlightsabers3051well atleast we got polkadot man in the suicide squad 😊

[@communistcomputergod6449]

@@loganwithlightsabers3051 naw kite man is cool now

[@raj_a_jaiswal]

Hell Yeah!!!

[@dias4247]

The Lego Batman Movie also has a version of Billy Dee Williams's Two-face, played by Williams himself, with a design based on the suit he wears on his speach scene

[@austinschroeter5978]

I was going to say the exact same thing! It’s very cool

[@acehole4788]

Zoe Kravitz plays catwoman in the lego batman movie... then played her in THE batman.

[@brainstorm9560]

I always liked to think that Ken Watanabi's character in Batman Begins was Sensei. Their personalities and beards are similar. I also think Bane's right-hand man, the guy always carrying a riffle in TDKR was inspired by Deadshot.

[@AJ-xc4qe]

Deadshot was one of the villains in Batman: Gotham Knight which takes place between Begins and The Dark Knight. Do you believe he’s the same one?

[@airsir9559]

@@AJ-xc4qeI think Bane’s chief lieutenant(Barsad) was just meant as an homage to Deadshot. Barsad was a loyal henchman of Bane’s while Deadshot, as portrayed in Gotham Knight was just a very dangerous mercenary seemingly loyal to no one.

[@TheBombasticFatRat]

​@AJ-xc4qe Gotham Knights is an unrelated game it isnt canon to the nolan trilogy

[@weirdu616]

​@@TheBombasticFatRat he's not talking about the game lol. When I was a child, I had a 💿 with some short animations of the Batman. Each one of them had a different story and animation studio. He's talking about one of these short movies, where Deadshot makes his first appearance. My personal favorite was the one with killer croc. (They are considered canon to the Nolan verse, but I don't believe that much tbh.)

[@weirdu616]

​@@TheBombasticFatRatdamn those animations are so freaking good.

[@srstriker6420]

What about the Penguin in the DCEU where Alfred mention exploding wind up penguins?

[@Tr1cpz_2]

wait really in what scence

[@OBSDCC7]

@@Tr1cpz_2In Justice League, Alfred says “One misses the days when one’s biggest worries was exploding wind-up penguins”

[@benjaminrobertson6425]

We don't talk about the Josstice league in here.. 😅

[@mister_lad]

he mentioned DCEU Penguin existing when he was talking about Walker's files from Suicide Squad (the bad one)

[@mrfacephone]

It's just a mention, not an appearance or cameo so that's why it didn't make the list...

[@batmanhelpingspider-man2342]

I also think in Peacemaker, 9:27 that old man is Bat-Mite disguised as an old man. He always simps over Batman

[@saintniccage2818]

It's funny cause your giving away a joke that won't pay off till the last season

[@Corey_Tenderson]

0:48 yeah you can also confirm it’s him because they flat out say his name💀

[@SantiBarrios]

Oh yeah that also confirms it 🤣🤣 but if they hadn't shown his scars a lot of people probably would've complained lmao

[@clipsdelosmajes]

They do?

[@Corey_Tenderson]

@@clipsdelosmajes yeah that courtroom scene that you can see in the video has dialogue that says his name straight up

[@VadersFist95]

​@@SantiBarriosmate, your at screen rant levels of click bait

[@legoworthiness9684]

​@@VadersFist95Idk what you mean. What he show in the thumbnail is in the video so how is it clickbait?

[@idonothaveanamewhy3864]

Wow i can't believe kg beast was in one of the batman movies, thanks for the information

[@SladeChristian333]

I actually figured out he was KGBeast when I watched Assault on Arkham and BvS back to back. Weird how his character is never even a decent threat to Batman.

[@eviljoe9057]

Not anymore. He used to be considered batman's superior.

[@leesimmons5453]

He's a good character who never got a chance. Most of the time, he's a thug with a Boris and Natasha accent.

[@The_Albino_Jackal]

I think it’s because bane replaced him

[@dc7981]

@@The_Albino_Jackal Bane replaced kgbeast only for Deathstroke to then replace bane

[@Suhayl_Khatib]

You forgot Slade Wilson from The Dark Knight Rises.

[@loslakers530]

That was never confirmed

[@gokukakarot5557]

1:07 Marvel fans: oh they are copying Killmonger

[@ClassicHarleyQuinn]

Fun Fact: Tommy Lee Jones actually wanted to play The Joker not Two-Face hence why his performance is more Jokery then Two-Face.

[@acehole4788]

He only played it bc his son wanted him too..

[@calltyshon]

In the Dark Night movie, the man who tried to extort the company as he figured out Bruce is Batman. His waa called Mr. E ( Mystery) just like E. Nigma ( the Riddler)

[@nicholasfarrell5981]

His name was Mr. Reese

[@GabesClipArchive]

@@nicholasfarrell5981Heard a theory that the name Mr. Reese is a play on the word “Mysteries”

[@Thepeak-jh5ul]

It's a pretty bad theory there are zero secret characters in the Nolan verse​@@GabesClipArchive

[@bryankennedy3719]

Nolan has confirmed this

[@Thepeak-jh5ul]

@@bryankennedy3719 no he didn't

[@jalenikezeue4114]

KGBeast is one of the very few villains that batman Has willingly killed

[@farawaywithyou]

thatsthe thing tho, kgbeast alwaysss comes back

[@dc7981]

Which was immediately retconned lol

[@nigelcharlson2992]

Deadshot was in The Dark Knight Rises. The sniper that acts as Banes right hand man was confirmed to be an adaptation of Deadshot.

[@The_Albino_Jackal]

Where can I learn this info

[@Thepeak-jh5ul]

Fake state your sources

[@AJ-xc4qe]

Deadshot was one of the villains in Batman: Gotham Knight which takes place between Begins and The Dark Knight. Do you believe he’s the same one?

[@Thepeak-jh5ul]

@@AJ-xc4qe that isn't canon

[@KootenaiKing]

​@@AJ-xc4qebot response.

[@ulyssesveracruz8343]

Why did i just noticed that kg beast was in bvs 💀

[@user-em4qv1xz5p]

He was off no proper tech or possibility of being kgbeast or father they beast

[@nicholasfarrell5981]

​@user-em4qv1xz5p he had the right name though, I clocked him the moment he was named onscreen.

[@AfroJackson78]

Coleman Reese from The Dark Knight was a nod to the Riddler. Nolan didn’t confirm it, he calls it a coincidence. But still it’s a pretty big one. Fox called him Mr. Reese. Mysteries = Mr. Reese. It’s a stretch but I like to believe it.

[@TheBombasticFatRat]

It just makes sense to me lmao the only guy intelligent enough to deduce Batman's intelligence by himself by stupid enough to go directly to them and tell him that he knows Sounds like something Ed would do

[@Dachin55555]

That’s just a theory

[@villain5873]

Zsas was on Gotham also❤

[@Waffl3s264]

Such an amazing show 🙏

[@ghostbusterconnor729]

I loved that show

[@satansjihad6353]

Awesome and underated show, but Zzas doesn't remind me the character at all.

[@emilioacero2439]

Also, to remember. In The Dark Knight Rises there's a cameo for a possible DeathStroke The guy who took Bane and interrogated him at the beggining of the film, whos also got a figure under the line of toys of the movie itself

[@SladeChristian333]

Pretty sure that was debunked

[@OmegaSupreme-om1sx]

I find that the fake ras al ghul is more similar the villain sensei, who was ras al ghul's father in the comics

[@SantiBarrios]

That's also a good guess! He does have a beard and similar look so it could be Sensei

[@TheS2K4LIFE]

Yes I’ve heard this also

[@loganwithlightsabers3051]

I feel like I’m the only one who’s known for years that the Russian guy in BVS is supposed to be KGBeast

[@nicholasfarrell5981]

Nah, I clocked him the moment they said his name. Had to Google the character to prove it to anyone else.

[@Ghostface833]

Probably because he’s nothing like him.

[@ChrisSuperDude]

To add to Harvey Dent. In The Lego Batman Movie, Two-Face makes a cameo based on Billy Dee Williams with Williams returing to voice him

[@demolishingtank8853]

Never watched Batman begins as child only saw Dark knight,got into the Arkhamverse around kevin conroy sadly past and knew victor there and when finally watched the movie and when the judge said victor name I was so happy and shocked

[@sethleoric2598]

I'm genuinely sad both the Deathstroke and Batman The Raid style movies were cancelled, maybe Gareth Evans could make a Hotline Miami movie?

[@SantiBarrios]

That would be insane! I love Hotline Miami, they should totally make a movie about it

[@BroughtCat]

Loved this video. Very professional and extremely well researched 👏🙌

[@SantiBarrios]

Thank you so much! Really glad you enjoyed it

[@PictureProductStudio]

Fun fact: 1989 movie The Return of Swamp Thing features some of the original comic book imagery in the main titles and there are at least two recognizable shots of the Floronic Man. One of them from a cover where he is pictured in the Arkham Asylum and in the next cell... There's Joker. So Joker appeared on the big screen twice in 1989.

[@sitisarah826]

That homeless with calender in Batman Begins should be Calender Man, Bank manager in Dark Knight should be Mr Freeze & Man who black mail Morgan Freeman should be the Riddler

[@Thelegend-wl8bw]

Billie Dee did finally get to play his two face albeit in the Lego Batman movie where he voiced him with the Burton design

[@thegrimreapersbro]

Great Video! I liked it a lot!

[@cesaralejandro7725]

I wish Ben got his own Batman movie that would be awesome

[@Unseen420]

Me too. It's unfortunate that his reception as Batman was mostly negative. I personally like him in that role and think he makes a good Bruce Wayne

[@cesaralejandro7725]

@@Unseen420 he was better as batman

[@Roberte9834]

The scrapped Batman movie with Ben Affleck sounded sooooo good

[@johnashton4776]

Great video.

[@v1c_l]

Love the video I finally realize something I always feel missing while watching Nolan's Batman

[@SantiBarrios]

Thank you! And it's really awesome how there are hidden details like these in the Nolan movies, it makes you appreciate them even more

[@v1c_l]

@@SantiBarrios and also in BvS there is a hidden villain of Superman in the court scene, Metallo does appear he is the person sitting in the wheelchair also he has some concept art

[@SantiBarrios]

@@v1c_l You're right! I actually talked about that BvS concept art during my Superman Iceberg video, I would love to see Metallo fully appear in a movie one day

[@Sinister2305]

More than half of these people aren’t “secret villains” they just straight up characters they aren’t hidden whatsoever.

[@adamsifford6228]

That one guy was also in Smallville as Lex's father so that's 3 DC roles.

[@TheS2K4LIFE]

In the dark knight rises josh Stewart was rumored to have been a version of deadshot

[@EvolvedDinosaur]

Great video; love seeing content like this. Genuine “things you missed” that isn’t just *”DID YOU NOTICE THE ROBIN SUIT IN BVS?”*. Videos like this almost always state the obvious references, and talk to the audience like they’re stupid.

[@loudboy317]

In Batman Returns, there is a picture of Arnold Schwarzenegger hanging on Max Schreck's photo wall. That picture foreshadowed Arnold's appearance as Mr. Freeze in Batman and Robin.

[@lous2187]

Also Jason Todd/Red Hood as well as there is a Robin suit with Joker graffiti on it in Justice League. a reference to Jason being murdered by Joker

[@Warthog.edu.]

I'm pretty sure that Dick Grayson was the one killed by Joker in that universe

[@norbertkomjati3495]

Deathstroke is also in the Dark Knight trilogy, it was the CIA agent who was guarding Bane.

[@acehole4788]

No

[@fredwijaya7995]

I mean technically you don't need to read the comic to see Billy Dee Two Face cause he technically appear on the Lego Batman movie where that universe of Two Face voiced by Billy Dee Williams where the Two Face design quiet have simillar resemblance of Tommy Lee Two Face

[@jessisanchez8150]

The villain that I believe should appear on a film is 'The Ninja' Kyodai Ken, he was Batman's most formidable hand-to-hand combat foe.

[@zombiebassman]

We eventually did sort of get a Billy Dee Williams version of Two Face in a move. Granted it was the Lego Batman movie, but still.

[@minomininni]

You missed Amygdala from "The Dark Knight" and the photographic cameo of Kite-Man in "Peacemaker" 😉

[@darthraoul5404]

there's also this reddit theory that the guy who deduces Batman's real identity in The Dark Knight is actually the riddler, as his name is Mr. Reese, that sounds similar to Mysteries, just like Edward Nigma sounds like Enigma

[@l.apastore4208]

No, Zsasz doesn’t need to be showcased more. Some characters are just good comic characters. For me he’s one of them

[@bearbbb12]

3:32 don’t know why I thought that was so hilarious 🤣

[@nicolaswalli4722]

I consider Ken Wantanabe’s character more in line with Rā’s ally and father Sensei.

[@davidbranch1077]

Key : Flame thrower ...( FIREFLY)😂👍

[@MrNu1982]

In the Batman begins video game that accompanies this movie. Victor’s eyes is a prominent character in this in the game. The Batman uses has a tool to get closer to the real bad guys. He’s in the game for quite a bit, and he is named.

[@simonjack9699]

Yeah and think about it at the end of the dark night we saw that commissioner Gordon did have a daughter we could have easily saw batgirl in a film after the dark night rises..

[@SeasideDetective2]

What would Jonathan Crane - a university professor - be doing at a gangland motorcycle race?

[@acehole4788]

Hahaha you win

[@jeired]

you missed DEATHSHOT in Dark Knight Rises, he was Bane's right hand man, whenever he shot his sniper, it sounded like it did in the Arkham City video game

[@BooN877]

Mr Reece = mysteries. Figures out that Bruce is Batman, immediately chooses to blackmail him for money. Teams up with the Joker to expose Bruce before the Joker turns on him. Coleman Reese is the Riddler.

[@heis147]

There’s also Mister Reese in the Dark Knight who is hinted to be a future Riddler

[@rafikz77]

0:30 huh? it was pretty obvious it was him, they even mention him by name

[@ecksdee1149]

where is the drawing at 1:18 from?

[@Wexies]

Billy Dee Williams actually got to reprise his role as Harvey Dent/Two Face in The LEGO Batman Movie.

[@alexkunce2002]

Billy Dee Williams finally got the chance to play Two-Face in the 2017 LEGO Batman Movie. LEGO is the best company. Haha!

[@misterchubbikins]

Gotham did amazing wit zsaz

[@erikcolon7356]

Victor zsaz was also in birds of prey movie

[@ulyssesveracruz8343]

Correct me if im wrong but isnt floronic man a swamp thing villan ?

[@SantiBarrios]

Yep he's a Swamp Thing villain, but since he did appear in a Batman movie I wanted to include him in the vid, and also talk a bit about the cancelled Swamp Thing show because it was really good

[@simonjack9699]

You could even do A video about The scene with the spider man film where we saw Michael Keaton talking to the guy from better call saul where they were kind of Hinting that the actor from better call saul and far cry 4 that he was gonna be scorpion in a future film because he was asking michael keaton's character I know you know the identity of spider man! There are just a lot of examples out there from canceled films where we see possibilities for other films but they get canceled. example night breed It was teased at the director's cut that there was supposed to be a sequel and then decades later there were plans to do a TV show version with the actress from death day and Michael B. Jordan Lance rodwick and guy Pierce. Or even that 1 movie for the spawn reboot it was gonna have Hawkeye from Marvel and Jamie Foxx supposedly these films were canceled because of the virus back in 2019. Your video is just an example that there's a lot of good films out there that we're gonna be in production but they were canceled for terrible circumstances.

[@user-vv8hw5jk4z]

You should do a video on Gotham it's a good show and can give you some inspiration for a new video

[@jervistetchMadHater]

I just want another live action Hatter !

[@The_Albino_Jackal]

Idk If this counts, cus its canonicity is questionable, but in the animated anthology Gotham Knight (set between Batman Begins and the Dark Knight), Batman fights other villains like Killer Croc and Deadshot

[@MrDudemansir-pr8xc]

Kind of a shame that we didn't actually see some of the characters referenced in the DCEU

[@tl5957]

Am I the only one who thinks the last Riddler shooter on (The Batman 2022 The Adrenaline Scene) was a Potential "Anarchy" ?

[@henrygarcia39]

Henri Ducard being Ras Al Ghuls alias in Batman Begins doesn’t mean Ducard wasn’t in the movie, it means Ras Al Ghul is a composite character on Ducard and Ras Al Ghul. On the U’bu theory, it’s kind of complicated since Batman Begins has two bald guys being Ras Al Ghul’s decoy. That being said Bane in The Dark Knight Rises maybe has similarities to U’bu ( and maybe the Heretic but I could be reaching with that one) I could reach even further though and point out similarities to him and Killer Croc but Imma just stop now

[@The_Albino_Jackal]

If there are similarities between bane and Croc, I’m sure they’re coincidences. It’s like penguin in Batman returns. It fits better as a killer Croc story, but I wouldn’t say penguin was intentionally a penguin/Croc amalgamation

[@buanification]

In The Dark Knight, Coleman Reese is probabli Enigma (Mr Reese sound s like Mysteries)

[@Razor_2960]

POV Falcone: Dam you! Thomas Shelby!!!!

[@keiyk3923]

1:42 Calendar man

[@DOfilms_18]

I don’t see Batman forever/and robin in the Tim Burton continuity anymore because of the Batman 89 continuation comic that came out not to long ago

[@nightmarex4267]

13:48 technically, it kinda is him in the Lego Batman Movie

[@user-bz3fj8hd4j]

These arent secret villains,every single Batman fan picked those characters out as soon as they got a glimpse of them onscreen. Everyone knows them already there were no secret villains,just people who mustve never picked up a Batman comic

[@simonjack9699]

Yeah if you played the Batman games you know about Victor and if you watched Gotham you already know about Victor victor is very popular in the Batman franchise.

[@GizmosHouse]

That Riddler costume looked terrible

[@arnabdas2726]

U forgot that in gotham Harvey Dent didn't bocome Two-face

[@marvelpugs6964]

You forgot deathstroke in dark knight rises

[@gregwhite7852]

Marlon Wayne was set to play Robin when they chose not to use him Billy Dee said no thanks also!

[@nehemiahpouncey3607]

Da fu...?😂

[@ycarusgamer5187]

Did you forget about the appearance of the villain Riddler in Nolan's Batman universe That guy who tries to reveal Batman's identity live on TV but fails because of the Joker Who tries to kill him He's nothing more than the Riddler/Edward Enygma That exists in that universe It is confirmed and there's even a reference to Clayface Who also exists in that universe just like Killer Croc but nothing is known about the Penguin or black Mask 🤔😁👍 like and Bye!

[@williamdaviddiazcuchimaque7511]

No hay confirmación de que sea el

[@simonjack9699]

Of course there will be secret villains because so many of these Batman films had plans for future films after the final film we all know that there was plans to do a Batman film after The Dark Knight Rises. Remember the leak there was talk that we were gonna have another Heath Ledger joker movie if he didn't die that the plan one was gonna be cast by Phillips Seymour Hoffman And Johnny Depp as the Riddler! Around that time Remember Christian bell said he would love to do more films as the Batman but it doesn't feel right to do it without Heath Ledger! Just like there was plans to do another Austin powers film but Mike Myers Decided not to do it because after the death of the actor who played mini me he just couldn't do it without him😢😢😢😢

[@wuthichaiauomsin6237]

you forgot that bill "cia" wilson in the dark knight rise is actually based on deathstroke.

[@TheS2K4LIFE]

Zsasz was not a secret villain in Batman Begins he was referenced by name

[@user-em4qv1xz5p]

Objection jr was not a villian until Morrison Grayson batmam

[@leafyishereisdumbnameakath4259]

Yeah he mentions that. He says he LATER became a batman villain not at the time. Your point is still valid

[@Batmanfan4life]

Don't you mean Scott Snyder Batman because grant Morrison wasn't writing Batman at the time he was writing Batman incorporated and Gordon Jr appeared in detective comics which was written by Scott Snyder

[@acehole4788]

Missed two.. in dark knight rises the sniper on banes team is hinted at being dead shot and two wall street guys joke about flipping a coin possible future two face "return"

[@doqas]

The lunatic asylum in The Netflix series Sandman was supposed to be Arkham

[@danielgomesdasilva1048]

Ubu appears only in The Dark Knight Rises,

[@nicholasfarrell5981]

Might be a hot take, but I don't think that either Cage or Coolio would've been a good fit for Scarecrow.

[@The_Albino_Jackal]

Cage could’ve been awesome.

[@simonjack9699]

You could even go on the IDB m page it's still on there Jamie Foxx asked spawn but it was canceled. Supposedly the film was gonna be based on that Jamie Foxx and his partner The actor who played Hawkeye were like detectives so it was gonna be a different approach to spawn.

[@undergroundfm4380]

What about deadshot in dark knight rises

[@alexkunce2002]

OK, if they don't move the Del Toro JLD to the DCU I am going to be furious because that sonunds like the coolest movie ever.

[@xenmartin9759]

Deathstroke was also in TDKR

[@xenmartin9759]

@bena.k.athewantedraccoon4360 He was a bodyguard for the president

[@DanielJohn-xr7ly]

​@@xenmartin9759say what? The special forces captain? I don't remember the Prez having bodyguards.

[@SladeChristian333]

@@xenmartin9759 It was debunked, his name was BILL Wilson, not Slade

[@dc7981]

@@SladeChristian333 I thought the bill wilson thing was just a 4chan joke

[@fajny_nick]

Victor Zaz 💀

[@jayservices9692]

It’s hard to spot kg beast in the movies when he looks nothing like his counterpart in the comments

[@adamtifone9243]

Question how hasn't zaz got the death penalty

[@joshuataylor7443]

Comics pop thought Nobody was bad.

[@Ghostface833]

6:24 Why even call him KGBeast if he’s completely unrecognizable as the character. The guy in the film is basically a nobody who looks like a random goon, could’ve been any other person and nothing would’ve changed.

[@ravenclaw9122]

I thought gotham did a good job with zsasz

[@thegrimreapersbro]

Yeah... sad.. I REALLY LIKED Swamp Thing

[@KEN-1991]

The Burton/Schumacher-verse needed more villains. For BATMAN™ (1989): Other mob bosses like Black Mask and Scarface rivaling against Joker. For BATMAN™ Returns (1992): Fellow mutated circus freaks who grew up with Penguin such as Man-Bat, Killer Croc, Killer Moth, and Rag-Doll. For BATMAN™ Forever (1995): Deathstroke and Deadshot being Two-Face's masked right-hand men and top assassins. For BATMAN™ & ROBIN™ (1997): Clayface, wearing a similar armored containment suit to Mr. Freeze. And a comic book accurate Bane. For BATMAN™ Unchained (Cancelled): Scarecrow turning Gotham City into a drugged-up wonderland with the help of Mad Hatter, Tweedledee and Tweedledum.