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| “ | Hello, villains! Black Hat here with more goods you need to destroy the heroes in your life! | „ |
| ~ Black Hat |
Black Hat is the overarching protagonist of the Mexican Cartoon Network series Villainous. He is also the main antagonist of the Cartoon Network multiverse as a whole.
He is an demonic supervillain who is seemingly the embodiment of evil in every fictional media, by selling the very same weapons, traps, and other devices to cartoon villains in their respective universes in hopes of them trying to accomplish with their schemes (although in reality, most of the Cartoon Network villains have actually failed him). He is the Boss of Dr. Flug, Demencia, and 5.0.5. whom he lives with and for the latter's to help along with his work.
He was voiced by the series' creator Alan Ituriel in both the original Spanish dub and the English dub.
Appearance
Black Hat playing his organ.
Black Hat appears a tall humanoid demon with dark gray skin, black sunken eyes, sharp pale green teeth and his left eye being covered by a monocle. Sometimes, when Black Hat is using one of his powers, said monocle will turn black and red, and start glowing. has been shown wearing only his formal attire, if the show progresses he might be shown wearing something else. He wears a black trench coat reaching down near the ankles, the collar of which is popped.
Under that, he wears a red and gray undershirt, along with long gray pants as well as black and white dress shoes. He wears his iconic black top hat with a red band going around the bottom, and dark gray gloves and a black tie.
History
Black Hat's past is fully unknown. Although not confirmed, it's implied that he's been evil his entire life.
He first appears in the 1-minute web videos where he would advertise his weapons for villains to buy.
Black Hat makes his first official appearance in the series in the pilot episode "The Dreadful Dawn". In the episode, he is contacted by a villainess named Penumbra to deal with a superhero named Sunblast from Atreno City, who has a long history of foiling her plans to obstruct the sun, due to her skin having a condition burning her every time she goes directly under the sun. After being contacted, Black Hat sends Flug, Demencia, and 5.0.5. to deal with Sunblast.
Later on, after the trio is defeated by Sunblast, they find out Sunblast is heading back to the manor to confront Penumbra. When they attempt to fly back, Black Hat contacts Flug and, noticing the trio heading back, asks if he had completed his task of defeating Sunblast. Flug, out of fear, lies by stating that they have defeated Sunblast and will even present him defeated at the manor, much to Black Hat and Penumbra's delight.
Later, after the trio shrinks Sunblast and defeats him, Black Hat then appears with Penumbra, having witnessed the event. Later in his office, Penumbra thanks him for his service and, as a way of payment, Black Hat has Penumbra sign a soul contract to him and then tells Penumbra to leave.
After doing so, he calls the trio's performance "mediocre", much to Flug's dissatisfaction, and proceeds to angrily berate the trio for bringing a hero to his manor, while at the same time turning into a giant monster.
Personality
Black Hat in one of his sinister plans.
Black Hat is known for being an extremely pompous and manipulative demon who takes pleasure in the misery of others (in fact, Any mortal who pronounces his real name will die immediately) as well as constantly abuses his minion Dr. Flug both physically and verbally.
Black Hat is also shown to be a a quite cruel, sadistic and narcissistic to the point that he only does his part to make the world a little viler and its heroes a little more dead. The reason why Black Hat is always mad is because Cartoon Network villains can't defeat Cartoon Network heroes and also because his minions are always incompetent. However, Black Hat never faced a hero, making him rather a hypocrite.
Speaking of pompous, if what he did to Vilgax (who was turned into a blobbish mutation of he and Black Hat, the latter of which immediately ate the Vilgax half from Dr. Flug's custom-made Omnitrix) and his scale of villainous chart labeling the high villain level as "Almost Black Hat" is any indication, then he is so self-important, as he refuses to believe in villains eviler than him, and will not allow anyone shapeshifting into him whatsoever.
Powers and Abilities
From what has been seen of him, Black Hat has proven to be an immensely powerful villain with a myriad of dark powers at his disposal. He can be considered nigh-omnipotent as a result of his great power, although he isn't all-powerful because he can have a secret weakness, so far Black Hat has shown to be capable of the following:
- Shapeshifting: On various occasions, Black Hat changes his appearance in order to fool/torment others, the most notable example of this being when he changes himself into a perfect replica of 5.0.5 in order to trick and terrify Demencia.
- Size Manipulation: Likely as another form of his shapeshifting, Black Hat can change the size of his body to that of a giant, although he has only been shown using this ability once.
- Laser Vision: Black Hat once killed a blue jay by shooting deadly lasers out of his eyes.
- Dark Magic: Black Hat is shown to use dark magic, such as conjuring an ice cream, turning it into a monster, or restoring a broken precious egg.
- Charisma/Manipulation: Black Hat, as a salesman, uses various forms of charisma and manipulation to convince other villains to buy his inventions.
* Black Hat and Dr. Flug.
- Portal Creation: Black Hat seems to be able to open portals (possibly to the underworld, as shown by the ghosts coming out of the portal he opened), as shown in the fourth episode "Squeak" when he scratches 5.0.5.'s blackboard.
Quotes
| “ | Hello my villainous viewers! It is I, Black Hat! Here once again to provide you with the latest items to destroy all the goody-goody two-shoes in your life. | „ |
| ~ Black Hat introduces his newest inventions. |
| “ | This is Black Hat! Here to make your most wicked thoughts come to life! Literally! | „ |
| ~ Black Hat introducing the evil imagination device. |
| “ | This sandwich is the most evil thing you could think of!? | „ |
| ~ Black Hat disappointed with Dr. Flug's idea of Evil. |
| “ | It works! The most evil thing I could think of was me, and here I am.(Other Black Hat:Hello dear sir!) | „ |
| ~ Black Hat seeing Dr. Flug's invention work, and start narcissisting his idea of evil-himself. |
| “ | GET OUTTA HERE DEMENCIA! | „ |
| ~ Hat (both original and evil idealization), order Demencia to get out Dr. Flug's laboratory while the latter attempting use one of the inventions. |
| “ | Greetings! This is Black Hat, here to introduce the latest buy it, OR ELSE, in my catalogue! The Medusa Device! This malevolent machine can create an imposing statue of the most important thing in your life: you! | „ |
| ~ Black Hat |
| “ | Welcome horrid creatures! Are your henchmen so tired their natural clumsiness has increased tenfold? Do they dare to ask for vacations? Well, you're in luck! For the first time ever you can send them to… The Black Hat Resort for unhelpful henchmen! Our highly trained staff is here to cater to their every need! They'll take in the view from our high-class hotel rooms! They'll enjoy our thrilling rides! They'll relax in the spa with a gentle back massage! They'll enjoy among thousands of guests! In Black Hat's Resort, we guarantee… They'll never want to leave! | „ |
| ~ Black Hat introduces his new resort. |
| “ | AH! Keep those dirty cookies out of my evil face! What is my diagnosis, Doctor? (Dr. Flug: Well, I've investigated many things about this 'evil flu', but there doesn't seem to be a cure, sir. And I don't know what to do.) There's no cure? Wait a minute… if we're talking about the 'evil flu', then that means it thinks evil thoughts… So, the only way to get rid of an evil flu, is by passing it to someone else! | „ |
| ~ Black Hat |
| “ | Do you remember how many ants you've stepped on? | „ |
| ~ Black Hat when asked how many heroes he has defeated. |
Trivia
- Black Hat's address is Hatsville, Hat Island, Hat Ave., Manor #333.
- As stated by Alan Ituriel (the creator of the series), not only does Black Hat play the pipe organ, but he also plays the violin with the strings being made of a cat's intestines.
- Black Hat is stated to be 2.03 meters, or 6 ft (6.6 in) tall. It's possible that the height includes his hat.
- Black Hat makes a cameo in the OK K.O.! Let's be Heroes episode "Crossover Nexus", as one of the many Cartoon Network heroes who was defeated and petrified by Strike. Strangely, unlike Strike's other victims, Black Hat is not a hero at all, making it questionable as to why he was summoned and defeated by him.
- It may be possible that Strike wanted to prove himself to be strong and, since Black Hat is the strongest entity, he summoned him and defeated him.
- Despite Black Hat being the main villain, his assistant Dr. Flug makes more appearances than he does.
- Occasionally, a bowler can be seen under Black Hat's top hat, but it's unknown what's under it or if it can even be removed.
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Tez | Coyolxauhqui | Isabella | Tzitzimime | (The Jaguar Patrol) | Charlene | Maria Teresa | Black Hat | Pineapple | Dr. Flug Slys | Alex | Botero | CaCao | Camazotz Bats | Chip | Clutter-Taur | Demencia | Dolores Del Rey | El Artrópodo | El Azteca | El Colorado | El Cosmos | El General | El Sapo | El Silbón | Farmer | Garbage Man | HueHue | Ismel | Jaime | Juan | Javier | Larry Ladron | Matty | Matty's brother | Matty's father | Matty's grandmother | Meat Frog | Meat Monsters | Mic and Hun | Mictlantecuhtli | Miguel | Paco | Queenie | Rick and Richard | Shop Clerk | Stinky | Tito, the Monkey | Toni | Tula | Victor's mustache | Wall Art Monsters | Zoe | ||