Music Meister

“	The Music Meister, is the man that the world shall obey. So do your job, steal all you can, while you're under my sway!	„
	~ The Music Meister hypnotizing Gotham City.

The Music Meister is a supporting antagonist in Batman: The Brave and the Bold, serving as the titular main antagonist of the Season 1 episode "Mayhem of the Music Meister!". He is a supervillain who has the power to control people through singing. He is also notable for being one of the only villains who was created exclusively for the series.

He was voiced by Neil Patrick Harris, who also played Replay in Static Shock, Ray Thompson in Justice League, John Tagman in Law & Order: Criminal Intent, Dr. Horrible in Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog, Fairy Shoeperson in Sesame Street, DJ Veteran Child in the Saints Row video games, Dr. Blowhole in The Penguins of Madagascar, Chester Creb in American Horror Story: Freak Show, Count Olaf in the 2017 A Series of Unfortunate Events television series and The Analyst in The Matrix Resurrections.

Biography

Music Meister mentions that he discovered his powers as a child and used it on those who bullied him for singing in choir, using his hypnotic voice to force them to dance. Growing up, he chose to use his ability to enslave the world much like he did his tormentors.

Music Meister makes his presence known to the world when he used his hypnotic voice to control fellow villains Black Manta, Clock King, and Gorilla Grodd, as well as Aquaman, Green Arrow, and Black Canary. Using his six mind puppets, Music Meister hijacked a government satellite he plans to use to project his voice across the world. His actions caught the attention of Batman, and his eyes caught hold of Black Canary. When he failed to win her over, Music Meister decided to do away with her and Batman by tying them up in a death trap. But in his arrogance, Music Meister underestimated his opponents. The two heroes escape the trap and face off against Music Meister and a mind-controlled world. Even Black Canary was caught in his spell and began singing. Batman challenged the hypnotized Canary to sing higher than he. Batman used the ruse to grab Music Meister's microphone staff and hold it to Canary's mouth, amplifying her sonic scream enough to shatter the Meister's amplifiers, ending his control over the world and allowing Batman to take him out.

Other Media

Lego Batman 3

Music Meister is a playable character in Lego Batman 3.

Arrowverse

Main article: Music Meister (Arrowverse)

Lego DC SuperVillains

Music Meister is a playable character in Lego DC Supervillains.

Powers and Abilities

Music Meister's singing voice contains a hypnotic frequency that allows him to control minds. It also has the unusual ability of forcing his victims to express themselves only through song and dance, as if they are in a musical.

His weapon of choice is a cane/baton outfitted with a microphone that allows him to amplify his voice, and shoots sonic blasts that resemble sheet music. His mode of transportation is a motorcycle shaped like a beamed note. This can also convert to a scooter shaped like an eighth note, and to a helicopter.

Appearance

The Music Meister changes outfits and hairstyles frequently over the course of the episode, having an extensive collection of ensembles based on different styles of music. One thing that remains the same is his sheet-music styled glasses. His outfits include -

A conductor's outfit, seen before the show's title sequence.
A zoot suit reminiscent of a 1930s big band leader.
A cloak and mask, a lá the Phantom of the Opera.
A Liberace-style tux and fur cape.
A ruffled suit and wig like an 18th century composer.
A Harold Hill styled bandleader's outfit.
A '70s style disco suit with bell-bottoms and afro wig.
A suit like the members of KISS, complete with white face paint.
A cowboy outfit with a guitar (presumably another weapon).
A viking outfit, resembling a Wagnerian opera singer.
An Elvis style white suit.
An '80s punk rock outfit with a mohawk.
His special, sonic-powered battle suit, outfitted with amplifiers on the shoulders.

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Images

Videos

Batman the Brave & the Bold "Drives Us Bats" Music Video

If Only-batman the brave and the bold music video

Batman The Brave and the Bold - Mayhem Of Music Meister (Clip 2)

Trivia

Music Meister is loosely based on the Music Master, a minor antagonist used in the Justice League episode "Legends", one of the villains of an alternated universe who turns out to be a creation of the mutant Ray Thompson (coincidentally, Ray was also voiced by Neil Patrick Harris). Like Music Meister, Music Master has red hair and a gap in his teeth.

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