Mr. Freeze (The Batman)

Mr. Freeze is a recurring antagonist in the cartoon series The Batman. In this series and unlike other versions, he is portrayed as an evil supervillain.

He is voiced by Clancy Brown, who also played Lex Luthor in Superman: The Animated Series, and Mr. Krabs in SpongeBob SquarePants, and The Kurgan in Highlander.

Appearance

Before becoming Mr. Freeze, Victor Fries was an average human being with short black hair, blue eyes and a medium build. After his mutation, Freeze's skin was turned white and his eyes are completely red.

Freeze's suit is mostly black with tubes and see-through panels that show parts of both his arms. Freeze's suit gives him a more muscular appearance. The top of his suit is exposed and covered with ice where his head can be seen.

Personality

Unlike other versions, who are widowed scientists trying to help their wives by any means necessary, this version of Mr. Freeze is an evil criminal. He is cold, aggressive, and calculating. He appears to have an affinity for diamonds and has a complete disregard for any life other than his own.

History

Before becoming Mr. Freeze, Victor Fries was nothing more than a common bank robber. After a successful heist involving diamonds, Victor found himself pursued by the Batman and ended up being chased into a cryonics laboratory. Victory met his fate there when in attempt to reclaim his diamonds that he had dropped whilst fending off the bat. Victor jumped in an attempt to catch his diamonds and fell in one of the cryogenic pods which had a live exposed wire inside it. Despite the Batman's attempt to help Victor, it proved futile, and Victor was presumed to be dead.

However Victor was electrocuted at the same time his blood was frozen, which ended up turning him into a neither living nor dead mutant, who could generate extreme cold around himself.

Victor's body was later, at one point. put under observation by a scientist. However, Victor soon escaped and forced the scientist to build him a suit that could contain and grant him better control over his new powers. Victor would then use his newfound abilities to become the supervillain Mr. Freeze, encountering and being defeated by the Batman on several occasions.

Trivia

This is the only post–DCAU version of Mr. Freeze who does not have a wife and tragic backstory; even the poorly received film Batman and Robin incorporated this. This, along with other character changes, is one of the reasons The Batman is criticized by a decent number of Batman fans. However, this iteration's character design has drawn some praise from fans also.
Although this version of Freeze was never seen to have a wife or tragic backstory, he was briefly seen in his flashback with photos of himself happily together with an unknown woman.

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