Deathstroke (DC Animated Movie Universe)

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Villain Overview

Gallery

Evil-doer

Judas Contract
Son of Batman
Unmasked

Full Name

Slade Wilson

Alias

Deathstroke

Deathstroke the Terminator
Slade
The Terminator

Origin

Justice League: The Flashpoint Paradox

Occupation

Mercenary

Assassin

Powers / Skills

Enhanced Physiology
Superhuman Strength
Superhuman Speed
Superhuman Agility
Superhuman Reflexes
Superhuman Durability
Superhuman Stamina
Enhanced Intelligence
Regeneration
Near-Immortality
Combat Proficiency
Peak-Human Condition
Swordsmanship
Marksmanship
Leadership

Goals

Kill Ra's al Ghul and take over the League of Assassins.

Create an army of Man-Bats (both succeeded).
Kill Batman, Dick Grayson, and Damian Wayne (failed).
Kill Talil al Ghul.
Capture the Teen Titans for Brother Blood (both briefly succeeded).

Crimes

Organized crime
Mass murder
Mass kidnapping
Psychological abuse
Blackmail
Usurpation
Ephebophilia
Sabotage
Terrorism
Conspiracy
Piracy
Treason
Animal cruelty (implied)
Assault and battery
Breaking and entering

Type of Villain

Arrogant Mercenary

“	After five hundred years, the world's had quite enough of you, old man. The Lazarus Pit will not bring you back this time.	„
	~ Deathstroke to Ra's al Ghul before attempting to kill him.

“	Your romance with the Dark Knight wasn't merely rumor. Who is he? Who is Batman?	„
	~ Deathstroke to Talia al Ghul on Batman's identity.

Slade Wilson, better known as Deathstroke, is a major antagonist in the DC Animated Movie Universe. He is a professional mercenary who was originally a high-ranking member of the League of Assassins, but later betrayed and killed their leader Ra's al Ghul upon discovering that Batman, the ex-fiancé of the latter's daughter Talia, would become his impending heir.

Since then, Deathstroke has become a prominent enemy of both Batman and later the Teen Titans when the villain had been hired by Brother Blood to capture the latter, one of whom include Batman's illegitimate son Damian Wayne, who is considerably Deathstroke's arch-nemesis.

Portrayals[]

In Justice League: The Flashpoint Paradox, he was voiced by Ron Perlman who also played Clayface in the DC Animated Universe, Pap Finn in The Adventures of Huck Finn, Mr. Grasping in An American Tail: The Treasure of Manhattan Island, Drekk in Men in Black: The Series, Count Nikolas Rokoff in The Legend of Tarzan, Dieter Reinhardt in Blade II, the Viceroy in Star Trek: Nemesis, Slade in Teen Titans, Bane, Killer Croc and Rumor in The Batman, Kago in Tarzan II, Hoodoo Brown in Gun, Sheriff Collie Entragian in Desperation, Biff Wellington in Scooby-Doo! Pirates Ahoy!, Justice in Afro Samurai, Warhok in Kim Possible, Sozin in Avatar: The Last Airbender, Clay Morrow in Sons of Anarchy, Gha Nachkt in Star Wars: The Clone Wars, Nicola in Bunraku, the Stabbington Brothers in the Tangled franchise, The Lich in Adventure Time, Nino in Drive, Red Cap in The Spiderwick Chronicles, Sinestro in Green Lantern: The Animated Series, Polyphemus in Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters, Rust in Payday 2, Xibalba in The Book of Life, Armaggon in Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (2012), Gnarlak in Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them, Bular in Trollhunters and the Podestà in Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio.
In Son of Batman, he was voiced by Thomas Gibson.
In Teen Titans: The Judas Contract, he was voiced by the late Miguel Ferrer who also voiced Shan-Yu in Mulan, Vandal Savage in the first two seasons of Young Justice, Big Boss in Rio 2, Sinestro in The Batman, Silvermane in The Spectacular Spider-Man and Stretch Monster in Stretch Armstrong and the Flex Fighters.

Biography[]

Justice League: The Flashpoint Paradox[]

After the Flash creates his alternate reality, it is revealed that Deathstroke is the captain of a ship called The Ravager. He, along with Lex Luthor planned to locate the Aquaman's doomsday device but are ambushed by Ocean Master and his army. He fights through the Atlantean army before being presumably killed by Black Manta. However, the Flash changes the timeline once more to a new alternate reality.

Son of Batman[]

Slade Wilson was Ra's al Ghul's right-hand man and future successor but his actions deemed him unworthy and he was banished once Ra's learned of Batman's identity as billionaire playboy, Bruce Wayne. The title of successor was passed onto Ra's Al Ghul's grandson, Damian Wayne.

Feeling denied of his right, he named himself "Deathstroke" and went onto proceeding in staging a coup d'état on the league. He fought with his former master and defeated him. As he was about to finish him off, Damian protected his grandfather and stabbed Deathstroke's right eye. He was rescued by another of Ra's Al Ghul's former henchmen, Ubu. After escaping from Ubu, Deathstroke went to Dr. Kirk Langstrom to work on a project initiated by Ra's to use Langstrom's Man-Bat gene splicing formulas on members of the League. He kidnaps Langstrom's family and Talia al Ghul as insurance. After Langstrom's daughter gave Damian a message that showed Deathstroke kidnapping Talia and tells Damian to come to his fortress or he will kill her.

After Damian came, he confronted Deathstroke. He was about to kill Damian but Talia interfered by shielding her son and taking the shot herself. Deathstroke chased Damian but Batman arrived and the two fought briefly. Batman defeated him and he fled. Damian going by the name "Robin" fought Deathstroke again and Deathstroke was defeated. His fortress sank to the bottom of the ocean with Deathstroke in it, leaving his fate unknown.

Teen Titans: The Judas Contract[]

It is revealed that he survived his encounter with Robin and used the Lazarus Pit to heal himself. He has gained greater physical strength from his exposure and upgrades his armor and takes on the contract with the H.I.V.E. to capture the Teen Titans, but to also get revenge on Damian for their last encounter.

He discovered a young girl named Terra who was accused of being a witch and before the town could kill her, Deathstroke interfered and saved her. He got her to join him and uses her as a double agent for the Titans and himself (whom she also has romantic feelings for).

When Robin becomes suspicious, but wishing to be sympathetic as requested by Raven, follows Terra but ends up finding Deathstroke watching them. Deathstroke revealed the details of his survival to Robin and they fight, with him getting revenge for his last defeat. The brawl ended with Robin being ambushed by the treacherous Terra, allowing Deathstroke to capture him. Deathstroke later captures Blue Beetle, Beast Boy and Starfire (while Raven was captured by Terra), but he fails to capture Nightwing who fakes his death.

Deathstroke and Terra bring the other Titans to Brother Blood. He taunts them on their defeat, as well on Terra's callous disregard of them. However, Blood reveals that the machine he had created cannot function without one more Titan. Deathstroke then betrays Terra and lets her get captured by him, before he is paid in full but the Titans are soon rescued by Nightwing.

While the other Titans fight Brother Blood, Deathstroke attempts to escape but Nightwing and Robin battle Deathstroke to get revenge for his attack on them. He puts up a good fight before he is attacked by Terra; she became so angry for his betrayal and he tries to talk his way out of it but fails. She then causes an avalanche which he is buried under, bidding her farewell as she leaves him to die.

Suicide Squad: Hell to Pay[]

Deathstroke is seen in a flashback when Bronze Tiger recalls of him murdering his fiancee, Miyoshi, on behalf of the League of Assassins, setting Bronze Tiger on the path of vengeance against the League, but unintentionally killing undercover law enforcement agents, which caused his arrest and imprisonment, then subsequent recruitment into Task Force X.

Personality[]

Deathstroke is portrayed as being cruel and wanting revenge on everyone who betrayed him and whom he fought. He has an overly high view of himself, as he believed himself to be the rightful of successor of Ra's al Ghul and attacked his headquarters to kill him and his family for denying him his right. Due to his humble background, he is ironically highly entitled, as arduous efforts to rise in ranks only to face the assignment of Damian Wayne as the successor to Ra's al Ghul enraged him and was the key motivation behind his betrayal and attempted usurping of leader of the League of Shadows. Despite his arrogance, he displays deceptive, if not outright cowardly, actions so that he sometimes aims to defeat opponents through ambush tactics, rather than direct battle.

He has a dry sense of humour, which he expresses through sardonic and demeaning remarks he makes to an enemy, either during battle or when they are a helpless prisoner. He is derisive to any opponent, though holds a particularly strong spite against Damian.

He is shown to be manipulative like when he charmed Terra to infiltrate the Titans, on the guise of being with her. However, he is proven to be treacherous, as he betrayed Terra to Brother Blood since his contract wouldn't be paid without the requisite number of Titans, and Terra would earn a larger sum for him. After Terra escaped and attacked him, he attempted to explain himself but saw his actions have infuriated her enough to disregard reason. When backed in the corner by her, he took the time to bid Terra farewell in an almost regretful tone.

His manipulation skills and charm enable him to enlist strong loyalty from those he manages to sway to his side, as he persuaded half of the League of Shadows to rebel against Ra's with him, plus he kept an extraordinarily powerful meta-human, Terra, in line and obedient in spite of her psychological trauma often derailing her. While he can be highly perceptive, his pride can make him fail to notice the emotions of others, such as when Terra began to develop true romantic feelings for Beast Boy, Deathstroke assumed it was a part of her act, since he didn't believe he would lose her devotion.

Powers and Abilities[]

Master Martial Artist
Expert Swordsman
Expert Small-arms Marksman
Heightened Agility
Improvised Weapon User
High Pain Tolerance
Augmented Strength
Master Tactician

Lazarus Pit Endowments[]

Enhanced Muscle Tissue
Improved Strength
Improved Reaction Speed
Greater Endurance

Equipment[]

Twin Katana
Semi-Automatic Pistol
Laser Baton
Shuriken

Quotes[]

“	Go ahead. Finish me. You were trained to kill your enemies, weren't you? It's what you want. It's what your grandfather would do. It's what I would do. Well, do it!	„
	~ Upon his defeat, Deathstroke tries to provoke Robin into killing him

“	Grandson of the Demon's Head, you are not.	„
	~ Deathstroke degrading Damian for perceived failure to live up to a legacy

“	You took my old family, Damian. So I'm going to take your new one.	„
	~ Deathstroke blaming Robin for losing his line in succession, and revealing his motive for working for Blood is to take the Titans from him.

“	Akido needs work. Your spacing's for shit.	„
	~ Deathstroke taunting Dick Grayson during their initial fight.

“	It's good to have goals, esay. Me? I'm having waffles after you're dead.	„
	~ Deathstroke mocking Blue Beetle's proclamation of escape

“	Gee, not a lot of grey area there, huh?	„
	~ Deathstroke mocking the Titans over Terra's declaration of loyalty to him.

“	So long, kid.	„
	~ Deathstroke's farewell to Terra, while seeming to resign himself to death

Trivia[]

This version of Deathstroke is a member of the League of Shadows whilst in the comics, he was not.
The comic version of Deathstroke definitely had inappropriate relations with underage girls. One of the ways this version keeps Terra's loyalty is through promises of reciprocating her romantic feelings, however, he betrays her before fulfilling that promise; whether he ever actually intended to act on the offer, thus was really an ephebophiliac like the comic iteration, is unknown.
In the comic adaption of The Judas Contract, he took on the contract to capture the Titans as revenge for the death of his son, Grant Wilson whilst in the film he takes the contract to get revenge on Damian for their previous interactive rivalry.
- An unnamed member of Blood's cult looks like Slade's son, Jericho, who achieves spectral powers, although this plot thread wasn't followed up due to the DCAMU being once again recreated by a Flashpoint.
It is unknown how long Deathstroke was empowered by the Lazarus Pit after the events of Son of Batman since as pointed out by Batman to the Riddler in Batman: Hush, the effects of the Lazarus Pit don't last forever, which was likely remedied for Deathstroke as he noted that he was regularly bathing in the Pits.
Deathstroke was Miguel Ferrer's final role before he died of throat cancer on January 19, 2017 at the age of 61.

External Links[]

Deathstroke on the DC Animated Movie Universe Wiki
Deathstroke on the DC Database Wiki

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