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Power surplus? Bruce, shame on you. No such thing. One can never have too much power. If my life has a meaning, that's the meaning.
~ Max Shreck's most famous quote, which has become a meme.
I am this city. I am its mean, twisted soul. Does it matter who's mayor?
~ Shreck to Bruce Wayne

Maximillian "Max" Shreck is the secondary antagonist of the 1992 superhero film Batman Returns, the second installment in Tim Burton and Joel Schumacher's Batman series.

He is Selina Kyle's corrupt boss and an ally of the Penguin. His plans involve having the latter elected as Mayor so he can authorize the building of a new power plant he wants to create so it can be inherited by his son Chip.

He was portrayed by Christopher Walken, who also played Max Zorin in A View to a Kill, Bradford Whitewood Sr. in At Close Range, Frank White in King of New York, Vincenzo Coccotti in True Romance, Gabriel in The Prophecy series, Mr. Smith in Nick of Time, Hickey in Last Man Standing, Colonel Cutter in Antz, the Headless Horseman in Sleepy Hollow, Reed Thimple in The Country Bears, Salvatore Maggio in Kangaroo Jack, Cornelius Hatcher in The Rundown, Master Feng in Balls of Fury, King Louie in the 2016 The Jungle Book live-action remake and Shaddam IV in Dune: Part Two.

Biography[]

Max Shreck & the Penguin

Max Shreck with the Penguin.

Max Shreck is the richest, most powerful man in Gotham City, and presents himself as a philanthropist and friend of the poor. Beneath this façade, however, he is shown to be ruthless, cruel, intelligent, greedy, dishonorable, and power-hungry, and is secretly planning to construct a power plant that will act as a capacitor and put him in control of the city's power supply. Max is a widower, and one son, Chip Shreck, who is also the heir apparent to his corporate empire.

Among his other crimes, Max is a slumlord, deliberately making his buildings unsafe by cutting costs, and runs a chemical plant that pumps toxic waste in the city's water supply. He also murdered his business partner Fred Atkins, and bullies and terrorizes his timid secretary, Selina Kyle. Other than his love for his son, Chip, Shreck has no redeeming qualities.

When Selina discovers the true purpose of his power plant, he pushes her out of his office window; she survives, however, reinvents herself as Catwoman, and dedicates herself to terrorizing and killing Max.

Max Schreck

Max Shreck in his costume at a masquerade ball.

One night, Max is kidnapped by the Red Triangle Circus Gang and brought before their leader, the Penguin, who uses proof of Max's many crimes to blackmail him into helping him take over Gotham City. To that end, Max bankrolls the Penguin's mayoral campaign, planning to use him as a puppet to control Gotham himself. He also wants to do a recall mayoral election; if Penguin is the Mayor he can approve Max's plan to build his Power Plant, since the current Mayor turned it down.

When Batman plays a recording of the Penguin's true plans for Gotham, to "play this stinking city like a harp from hell", the citizens of Gotham turn against him, and Max double crosses on his former ally.

That night, Max throws a charity masquerade costume ball for Gotham's wealthy elite. The Penguin, flanked by his goons, crashes the party and announces that he is going to kill Gotham's first-born sons, starting with Chip. In a rare display of humanity, Max begs the Penguin to spare his son and take him instead. The Penguin agrees and takes Max hostage to his lair in Gotham's sewer.

The Penguin locks Max in a giant cage. Max escapes, but Catwoman arrives and takes him prisoner, intent on killing him. Batman, having defeated the Penguin, stops her and pleads with her to turn Max in to the police. Catwoman refuses, however, and attacks Max, who shoots her several times, but doesn't kill her. Catwoman then puts a taser in her mouth and kisses Max, electrocuting him which he deserved for his abhorrent way of life. After the smoke clears, Batman finds Max's charred corpse, but Catwoman is nowhere to be seen — implying that she survived which was confirmed by the ending.

Quotes[]

I wish I could hand out world peace and unconditional love, wrapped in a big bow.
~ Max Shreck to the people of Gotham City.
Power surplus? Bruce, shame on you. No such thing. One can never have too much power. If my life has a meaning, that's the meaning.
~ Max Shreck to Bruce.
Mayors come and go. Blue bloods tire easy. You think you can go fifteen rounds with Muhammad Shreck?
~ Max Shreck, to Bruce Wayne.
Crime boss? Shows what you know, Mr. To-the-Manor-Born-with-a-Silver-Spoon. Oswald is Gotham's new golden boy. If his parents hadn't eighty-sixed him, you two might've been bunkmates at prep school!
~ Max Shreck to Bruce Wayne.
Women. Nothing surprises me, Chip, except your late mother. Who woulda thought Selina had a brain to damage? Bottom line—she tries to blackmail me, I'll throw her out a higher window. Meantime, I got bigger fish to fry!
~ Max, to Chip, after Selina returns to work.
Ingenious costume. Let me guess — trust fund goody-goody?
~ Max, to Bruce, at his costume party.
I'm the one you want. Ask yourself — isn't it Max Shreck who manipulated and betrayed you, eh? Isn't it Max, not Chip, who you wanna see immersed up to his eyeballs in raw sewage?
~ Max, to Penguin when he tries to take Chip prisoner.
I'm the light of this city. I'm its mean, twisted soul. Does it matter who's Mayor?
~ Max Shreck to Bruce Wayne.
I don't know what you want, but I know I can get it for you, with a minimum of fuss! [...] Money, jewels, a very big ball of string.
~ Max, trying to bargain with Catwoman.
Selina. Selina Kyle. You're fired! And Bruce Wayne, why are you dressed up like Batman?
~ Max Shreck after finding out the true identities of Batman and Catwoman
One way to find out.
~ Max Shreck's last words to Selina before he shoots her four more times and eventually gets electrocuted and killed.

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Trivia[]

  • According to some stories, Max Shreck's role in the film was originally intended for Harvey Dent, who was played by Billy Dee Williams in Batman; he was only merely to be scarred at the climax of the film, making him his alter ego "Two-Face", which would follow into the next film, the unmade Batman Continues. Williams has denied that it was ever the case, however, stating that he was only contracted to play Harvey Dent in the first film.
  • Shreck is named after the late German silent film actor Max Schreck, who was famous for playing Count Orlok in F.W. Murnau's classic Nosferatu.
  • In one of Daniel Waters' script drafts, Shreck was discovered to be the Penguin's older brother, the "Golden Boy" of the Cobblepot Family, whereas the Penguin was the deformed outsider. Shreck was supposedly ashamed of his father, after he threw his baby brother into the sewer, and he emancipated himself from the Cobblepot Family as soon as he came of age.
  • Throughout the film, Max states that he wishes to build a big legacy through the success of his company for his son Chip to take over once he passes away. Although this plot point wasn't followed up in the following films presumably due to Tim Burton being replaced by Joel Schumacher and Warner Bros.' then wish to distance themselves from Batman Returns, the fact that Shreck's keeps existing by the time of the Batman 89 comic may suggest that Chip did inherit the company and/or Shreck's may have been kept running by another person.

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Elseworlds
Batman | Bloody Bob

Theatrical Movies
Batman (1966): Penguin | Catwoman | Joker | Riddler
Batman (1989): Joker | Joker Goons (Bob Hawkins) | Alicia Hunt | Carl Grissom | Max Eckhardt | Gotham Crime Syndicate (Antoine Rotelli, Vinnie Ricorso) | Joe Chill | Harvey Dent
Batman Returns: Penguin | Red Triangle Circus Gang (Organ Grinder, Poodle Lady, Tattooed Strongman, Stungun Clown, Thin Clown, Fat Clown, Sword Swallower, Knifethrower Dame & Fire Breather) | Max Shreck | Catwoman
Batman: Mask of the Phantasm: Phantasm | Joker | Salvatore Valestra | Arthur Reeves | Chuckie Sol | Buzz Bronski
Batman Forever: Riddler | Two-Face | Sugar and Spice | NygmaTech (Frogmen) | Neon Gang (Neon Gang Leader) | Salvatore Maroni
Batman & Robin: Poison Ivy | Mr. Freeze | Bane | Snowy Cones Thugs | Golums | Jason Woodrue
Batman Begins: League of Shadows (Ra's al Ghul & Ra's Decoy) | Scarecrow | Falcone Crime Family (Carmine Falcone, Victor Zsasz & Arnold Flass) | Joe Chill
The Dark Knight: Joker | Joker's Thugs (Thomas Schiff, Chuckles, Kilson, Happy, Dopey, Grumpy & Bus Driver) | Two-Face | Sal Maroni | The Chechen | Gambol | Lau | Bank Manager | Michael Wuertz | Anna Ramirez | Burmese Bandit
The Dark Knight Rises: League of Shadows (Bane, Talia al Ghul & Barsad) | Catwoman | John Daggett | Phillip Stryver | Ra's al Ghul | Scarecrow
Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice: Lex Luthor | Anatoli Knyazev | Doomsday | Mercy Graves | Cesar Santos | Amajagh | Joe Chilli | Zod | Joker | Steppenwolf
Suicide Squad: Eyes of the Adversary (Enchantress & Incubus) | Suicide Squad (Deadshot, Harley Quinn, Captain Boomerang, El Diablo, Killer Croc, Slipknot & Amanda Waller) | Joker's Gang (Joker, Jonny Frost, Panda Man & Monster T) | Griggs
The Lego Batman Movie: Joker | Harley Quinn | Phantom Zone Criminals (Zod, Sauron, Kraken, Lord Voldemort, Agent Smith, Jaws, Gremlins, Medusa, Lord Vampyre, Wicked Witch of the West, Flying Monkeys, The Swamp Creature & Daleks) | Catwoman | Poison Ivy | Two-Face | Bane | Riddler | Salvatore Maroni
Joker: Clowns (Joker, Clown & Ambulance Clown) | Penny Fleck | Wall Street Three | Unnamed Vandals | Penny Fleck's Boyfriend
The Batman (2022): Riddler | Falcone Crime Syndicate (Carmine Falcone, Penguin, William Kenzie, The Twins & Vinnie) | Catwoman | Salvatore Maroni | Riddler's Cult | Pete Savage | Gil Colson | Don Mitchell Jr. | Train Gang | Joker
Joker: Folie à Deux: Joker | Harley Quinn | Jackie Sullivan | Arkham Asylum Patient | Joker's Shadow

Direct-to-video Movies
Batman & Mr. Freeze: SubZero: Mr. Freeze | Dr. Gregory Belson
Batman Beyond: Return of the Joker: Joker | The Jokerz (Chucko, Dee Dee, Ghoul, Bonk, Smirk, Coe & Woof) | Harley Quinn | Jordan Pryce
Batman: Mystery of the Batwoman: Penguin | Bane | Rupert Thorne | Carlton Duquesne
The Batman vs. Dracula: Dracula | Penguin | Joker
Superman/Batman: Public Enemies: Lex Luthor | Major Force | Metallo | Amanda Waller | Toyman | Solomon Grundy | Gorilla Grodd | Killer Frost | Lady Shiva | Giganta | Mongul | Captain Cold
Batman: Under the Red Hood: Jason Todd | Joker | Black Mask | Ra's al Ghul | Riddler | Ms. Li
Superman/Batman: Apocalypse: Darkseid | Female Furies (Granny Goodness, Gilotina, Mad Harriet, Lashina & Stompa) | Doomsday
Batman: Year One: Batman | Gotham City Police Department (Commissioner Loeb, Arnold Flass & Howard Branden) | Falcone Crime Family (Carmine Falcone & Johnny Viti) | Catwoman | Joker
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns: Batman | Joker | Mutant Leader | Harvey Dent | Selina Kyle | Bruno
Son of Batman: Deathstroke | League of Assassins (Ra's al Ghul & Talia al Ghul) | Ubu | Killer Croc | Man-Bats
Batman: Assault on Arkham: Suicide Squad (Amanda Waller, Deadshot, Harley Quinn, Captain Boomerang, Killer Frost, King Shark, Black Spider & KGBeast) | Joker | Riddler | Penguin | Scarecrow | Victor Zsasz | Bane | Two-Face | Poison Ivy
Lego DC Comics: Batman Be-Leaguered: Bat-Mite | Lex Luthor | Joker | Penguin | Man-Bat | Captain Cold | Black Manta
Batman vs. Robin: Court of Owls (Samantha Vanaver, Talon, Owls Lieutenant & Talon Warriors) | Dollmaker
Batman Unlimited: Animal Instincts: Animalitia (Penguin, Killer Croc, Man-Bat, Cheetah & Silverback)
Batman Unlimited: Monster Mayhem: Joker | Scarecrow | Clayface | Silver Banshee | Solomon Grundy
Batman: Bad Blood: League of Assassins (Talia al Ghul, The Heretic, Onyx, Firefly, Tusk, Mad Hatter, Electrocutioner, Hellhound, Calculator & Killer Moth) | Black Mask
Batman: The Killing Joke: Joker | Vinnie & Joe | Paris Franz
Batman Unlimited: Mechs vs. Mutants: Penguin | Mr. Freeze | Cheetah | Hush | Mad Hatter | Two-Face | Bane | Chemo | Killer Croc | Clayface | Joker | Dr. Kirk Langstrom
Batman: Return of the Caped Crusaders: Joker | Penguin | Riddler | Catwoman | Archer | Black Widow | Bookworm | Clock King | Egghead | False Face | King Tut | Louie the Lilac | Mad Hatter | Minstrel | Mr. Freeze | Sandman | Shame | Siren
Batman and Harley Quinn: Harley Quinn | Poison Ivy | Floronic Man
Batman vs. Two-Face: Two-Face | Hugo Strange | Catwoman | King Tut | Bookworm | Joker | Penguin | Riddler | Clock King | Egghead | Mr. Freeze | Shame | Harley Quinn
Scooby-Doo! & Batman: The Brave and the Bold: Riddler | Clayface | Joker | Mr. Freeze | Catwoman | Penguin | Harley Quinn | Poison Ivy
Batman: Gotham by Gaslight: Jack the Ripper | Barbara-Eileen Gordon | Selina Kyle | Harvey Dent | Hugo Strange
Batman Ninja: Joker | Harley Quinn | Catwoman | Gorilla Grodd | Bane | Penguin | Poison Ivy | Deathstroke | Two-Face
Batman vs. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Foot Clan (Shredder & Baxter Stockman) | League of Assassins (Ra's al Ghul & Ubu) | Joker | Penguin | Harley Quinn | Mr. Freeze | Scarecrow | Two-Face | Poison Ivy | Bane
Batman: Hush: Riddler/Hush | Catwoman | Poison Ivy | Bane | Joker | Harley Quinn | Clayface | Scarecrow | Lex Luthor | Lady Shiva | Two-Face | Penguin | Mr. Freeze | Thomas Elliot
Batman: Death in the Family: Jason Todd | Joker | Black Mask | Ra's' al Ghul | Riddler | Talia al Ghul| Cheetah | Two-Face
Batman: Soul of the Dragon: Nāga | Kobra (Jeffery Burr, Schlangenfaust, Lady Eve, King Snake & Rip Jagger) | Ben Turner | Shiva | Richard Dragon | Jade
Batman: The Long Halloween: Holiday | Falcone Crime Family (Carmine Falcone, Milos Grapa, Alberto Falcone, Johnny Viti & Sofia Falcone) | Two-Face | Joker | Solomon Grundy | Salvatore Maroni | Poison Ivy | Penguin | Scarecrow | Mad Hatter | San Ho Hui (Mickey Chen) | Calendar Man | Catwoman
Batman and Superman: Battle of the Super Sons: Starro | Lex Luthor | Penguin
Batman: The Doom That Came to Gotham: Iog-Sotha | League of Assassins (Ra's al Ghul, Talia al Ghul, Killer Croc and Poison Ivy)
Merry Little Batman: Joker | Poison Ivy | Bane | Penguin | Mr. Freeze | Riddler | Scarecrow | Francine and Terry

Television
Batman (1943)
Prince Daka

Batman and Robin (1949)
The Wizard | Wizards Henchmen

Batman 60s show
Joker | Penguin | Catwoman | Riddler | Molly | Mr. Freeze | Zelda the Great | Eivol Ekdal | Mad Hatter | False Face | Felix and Leo | King Tut | Bookworm | Lydia Limpet | The Archer | Minstrel | Ma Parker | Pretty Boy Parker | Machine Gun Parker | Mad Dog Parker | Legs Parker | Clock King | Egghead | Chandell | Harry | Marsha, Queen of Diamonds | Aunt Hilda | Shame | The Puzzler | The Sandman | Pussycat | Freddy the Fence | Colonel Gumm | Black Widow | Killer Moth | The Siren | Lola Lasagne | Louie the Lilac | Olga, Queen of Cossacks | Lord Marmaduke Ffogg | Lady Penelope Peasoup | Lady Prudence Ffogg | Nora Clavicle | Calamity Jan | Frontier Fanny | Dr. Cassandra Spellcraft | Cabala | Minerva

1970s Filmation series
Joker | Catwoman | Penguin | Riddler | Clayface | Mr Freese | Sweet Tooth

Batman: The Animated Series/The New Batman Adventures
Joker | Harley Quinn | Poison Ivy | Ra's al Ghul | Talia al Ghul | Two-Face | Penguin | Catwoman | Riddler | Scarecrow | Killer Croc | Clayface | Mr. Freeze | Bane | Mad Hatter | Man-Bat | Ventriloquist and Scarface | Phantasm | Firefly | Clock King | Baby Doll | Rupert Thorne | The Boss | Boxy Bennett | Buzz Bronski | Carlton Duquesne | Chuckie Sol | Salvatore Valestra | Sidney Debris | Tony Zucco | Cameron Kaiser | Daniel Mockridge | Grant Walker | Maxie Zeus | Roland Daggett | Hugo Strange | Lloyd Ventrix | Kyodai Ken | Emile Dorian | Red Claw | Boss Biggis | Sewer King | Professor Milo | Arkady Duvall | Count Vertigo | Ferris Boyle | Arnold Stromwell | Condiment King | Calendar Girl | Farmer Brown | Lock-Up | Montague Kane | Roxy Rocket | King Barlowe | Barlowe's bodyguard | Klarion | Arthur Reeves | Gil Mason | J. Carrol Corcoran | Mad Bomber | Dr. Gregory Belson | Bud and Lou | Captain Clown | Mo, Lar, and Cur | Murphy | Rocco and Henshaw | H.A.R.D.A.C. | Randa Duane | Batman Clone | Susan Maguire | Michael Vreeland | Crocker | Nitro | Raymond Bell | Candice

The Batman (2004)
Joker | Penguin | Bane | Catwoman | Mr. Freeze | Ethan Bennett | Killer Croc | Man-Bat | Firefly | Riddler | Punch & Judy | Kabuki Twins | Hugo Strange | Cluemaster | Cluemaster's Henchmen | Ragdoll | Temblor | Poison Ivy | Tony Zucco | Count Vertigo | Harley Quinn | Maxie Zeus | Basil Karlo | Gearhead | Francis Grey | Killer Moth | D.A.V.E. | Rumor | Toyman | Mirror Master | Lex Luthor | Black Mask | Sinestro | Joker 2.0 | Prank | Killgore Steed | Team Penguin | Julie | Spellbinder | Blaze | The Joining | Cosmo Krank | Marty Slacker | Nolan | Wrath and Scorn | Metallo | Shadow Thief | Mercy Graves

Batman: The Brave and The Bold
Joker | Music Meister | Catwoman | Penguin | Mr. Freeze | Clayface | Riddler | Poison Ivy | Lex Luthor | Flower Children | Fun Haus | Harley Quinn | Morgaine Le Fey | Sweet Yokoth | Queenie Goldstein | Bane | Kite Man | Black Manta | Ocean Master | Gentleman Ghost | Major Force | Mirror Master | Metallo | Brainiac | Flamingo | Mr. Mxyzptlk | Star Sapphire | Toyman | The Thinker | Doctor Sivana | Mister Mind | Black Adam | Baby Face | Dee Dee Twins

Beware the Batman
Anarky | Ra's al Ghul | Deathstroke | Harvey Dent | Killer Croc | Simon Stagg | Professor Pyg and Mr. Toad | Man-Bat | Cypher | Magpie | Lady Shiva | Tobias Whale | Phosphorus Rex | Lunkhead | Humpty Dumpty | Silver Monkey | Key | Bethany Ravencroft | Daedalus Boch | Junkyard Dog | Sapphire Stagg | Matatoa | Anatol Mykros

Harley Quinn
Harley Quinn | Poison Ivy | Joker | Scarecrow | Queen of Fables | Darkseid | Parademons | Penguin | Mr. Freeze | Bane | Lex Luthor | Killer Croc | Man-Bat | Riddler | Deadshot | Calendar Man | Condiment King | Solomon Grundy | Kite Man | Doctor Psycho | Clayface | King Shark | Nora Fries | Sy Borgman | Doctor Trap | Frank the Plant | Felix Faust | Toyman | Metallo | Livewire | Parasite | Black Adam | Captain Cold | Gorilla Grodd | Black Manta | Cheetah | Giganta | Sinestro | Maxie Zeus | Eris | KGBeast | Two-Face | Catwoman | Nick Quinzel | Sharon Quinzel | Suicide Squad (Amanda Waller) | Clock King | Firefly | Court of Owls

Batwheels
Joker | Harley Quinn | Catwoman | Penguin | Mr. Freeze | Riddler | Toyman | Poison Ivy | Kitka | The Legion of Zoom (The Badcomputer, Crash, Prank, Ducky, Jestah, Quizz, & Snowy)

Gotham Knights
Court of Owls (Rebecca March, Lincoln March, Cressida Clarke, Hamilton Hill, & Talon) | Mutants (Vernon Wagner) | Two-Face | Gotham City Police Department (Detective Ford) | Dylan McKillen | Arthur Brown | Crystal Brown | Jane Doe | Henri Ducard

Batman: Caped Crusader
Rupert Thorne | Arnold Flass | Harvey Bullock | Penguin | Harvey Dent | Iggy | Clayface | Catwoman | Harley Quinn | Firebug | Gentleman Ghost | Floyd Lawton | Muller | Onomatopoeia | Jim Corrigan | Nocturna | Waylon | Tony Zito | Joker | King Tut

The Penguin
Falcone Crime Syndicate (Penguin, Carmine Falcone, Sofia Falcone-Gigante, Alberto Falcone, Johnny Viti, Milos Grapa, Luca Falcone, Castillo, & William Kenzie) | Maroni Crime Family (Salvatore Maroni, Nadia Maroni, Taj Maroni, & Ervad Hakimi) | Victor Aguilar | Julian Rush | Doctor Ventris | Squid | Eve Karlo

Video Games
Batman (1986)
Joker

Batman: The Caped Crusader (1988)
Joker | Penguin

Batman: The Video Game (1990)
Joker | KGBeast | Deadshot | Maxie Zeus | Shakedown | Heatwave | Nightslayer | Killer Moth | Electrocutioner | Firebug

Batman: Return of the Joker (1991)
Joker

Batman Returns (1993)
Penguin | Catwoman | Red Triangle Circus Gang

Batman: The Animated Series (1993)
Joker | Catwoman | Mr. Freeze | Penguin | Poison Ivy | Riddler | Scarecrow

The Adventures of Batman & Robin (1994)
Joker | Catwoman | Mr. Freeze | Penguin | Poison Ivy | Riddler | Scarecrow | Clayface | Harley Quinn | Man-Bat | Two-Face

Batman Forever (1996)
Riddler | Two-Face

Batman and Robin (1998)
Poison Ivy | Mr. Freeze | Bane

Batman Beyond: Return of the Joker (2000)
Joker' | The Jokerz (Chucko, Dee Dee, Ghoul, Bonk, Smirk, Coe & Woof) | Harley Quinn

Batman: Chaos in Gotham (2001)
Bane | Joker | Bud and Lou | Harley Quinn | Mr. Freeze | Poison Ivy | Roxy Rocket | Two-Face (DC Animated Universe)

Batman: Gotham City Racer (2001)
Catwoman | Clayface | Firefly | Harley Quinn | Joker | Killer Croc | Mad Hatter | |Mr. Freeze | Poison Ivy | Riddler | Roxy Rocket | Scarecrow | Two-Face | Ventriloquist & Scarface

Batman: Vengeance (2001)
Joker | Harley Quinn | Mr. Freeze | Poison Ivy

Batman: Dark Tomorrow (2003)
Ra's al Ghul | Black Mask | False Face Society | Ubu | Joker | Killer Croc | Mr. Freeze | Victor Zsasz | Poison Ivy | Talia al Ghul | Ratcatcher | Ventriloquist & Scarface

Batman: Toxic Chill
Riddler | Mr. Freeze

Batman: Justice Unbalanced
Two-Face | Penguin | Raven | Jay and Gully

Batman: Rise of Sin Tzu (2003)
Sin Tzu | Bane | Clayface | Poison Ivy | Scarecrow | Joker | Harley Quinn | Mr. Freeze

Batman Begins (2005)
League of Shadows (Ra's al Ghul | Decoy of Ra's al Ghul) | Scarecrow | Carmine Falcone | Detective Arnold Flass | Victor Zsasz | Walter Pfister

Lego Batman: The Videogame
The Riddler's Team: (Riddler | Two-Face | Poison Ivy | Mr. Freeze | Clayface) | The Penguin's Team: (Penguin | Catwoman | Man-Bat | Killer Croc | Bane) | The Joker's Team: (Joker | Harley Quinn | Killer Moth | Scarecrow | Mad Hatter) | Goons | Hush | Ra's al Ghul

Batman: Arkham Asylum
Joker | Scarecrow | Harley Quinn | Killer Croc | Bane | Poison Ivy | Victor Zsasz | Quincy Sharp | Frank Boles | Dr. Penelope Young | Joe Chill | Clayface | Ra's al Ghul | Joker's Gang (Razor) | Thugs | Lunatic Inmates | Black Mask | Calendar Man | Firefly | Great White Shark | Hugo Strange | Humpty Dumpty | Hush | Killer Moth | Mad Hatter | Maxie Zeus | Mr. Freeze | Penguin | Prometheus | Ratcatcher | Tweedledum and Tweedledee | Two-Face | Ventriloquist | Scarface | Catwoman | Mad Dog | Talia al Ghul

Batman: The Brave and the Bold - The Videogame
TBA

Batman: Arkham City
TBA

Batman: Arkham City Lockdown
TBA

Gotham City Impostors
Jokerz

Lego Batman 2: DC Super Heroes
TBA

The Dark Knight Rises (2012)
TBA

Batman: Arkham Origins
TBA

Batman: Arkham Origins Blackgate
TBA

Batman (2013 arcade game)
Mr. Freeze | Bane | Joker

Lego Batman 3: Beyond Gotham
TBA

Batman: Arkham Knight
TBA

Batman: Arkham Underworld
TBA

Batman: The Telltale Series
TBA

Batman: Arkham VR
TBA

Batman: The Enemy Within
TBA

Gotham Knights
Court of Owls (Jacob Kane, Constance Cobblepot & Talons) | League of Shadows (Ra's al Ghul, Talia al Ghul & Man-Bat Commandos) | Gotham City Police Department (Catherine Kane) | Penguin | Harley Quinn | Mr. Freeze | Clayface

Batman: Arkham Shadow
TBA

See Also
Arkhamverse Villains | Batgirl Villains | Batman Beyond Villains | Batwoman Villains | Birds of Prey Villains | Catwoman Villains | Gotham Villains | Harley Quinn Villains | Injustice Villains | LEGO DC Villains | LEGO Dimensions Villains | Nightwing Villains | Outsiders Villains | Red Hood Villains | Robin Villains | Telltale Batman Villains | The LEGO Movie Villains

           Batman 1989 Film Series Villains

Batman (1989)
Gotham Mob
Joker (Joker Goons) | Bob Hawkins | Alicia Hunt | Carl Grissom (Gotham Crime Syndicate) | Max Eckhardt | Antoine Rotelli | Vinnie Ricorso | Harvey Dent | Joe Chill

Batman Returns
Red Triangle Circus Gang
Penguin | Organ Grinder | Poodle Lady | Tattooed Strongman | Stungun Clown | Thin Clown | Fat Clown | Sword Swallower | Knifethrower Dame | Fire Breather

Others
Max Shreck | Catwoman

Batman Forever
NygmaTech
Riddler | Two-Face | Sugar and Spice | Two-Face's Thugs | Frogmen

Neon Gang
Neon Gang Leader

Batman & Robin
Poison Ivy | Mr. Freeze | Bane | Snowy Cones Thugs | Golums | Jason Woodrue

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