Plastique (DC)

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Evil-doer

Present
Future

Full Name

Bette San Souci

Alias

Plastique

Origin

Firestorm (Vol. 2) #7

Occupation

Terrorist
Mercenary
Supervillain
Political activist
Government agent
New Earth:
Bomb Squad member
Extreme Justice member
Suicide Squad member
Prime Earth:
Criminal
Secret Society of Super-Villains member

Powers / Skills

Demolitions expert

Bio-Chemical Projection

Goals

Destroy the Canadian Parliament Buildings and the Statue of Liberty.

Betray the Suicide Squad to Terrorists.
Defeat Firestorm.
Kill Madame Xanadu (all failed).
Reform herself and defeat villains (succeeded).

Crimes

Theft

Terrorism
Treachery
Destruction
Attempted murder
Attempted destruction

Type of Villain

Redeemed Terrorist

“	When I am around, things tend to explode.	„
	~ Plastique.

Plastique (real name Bette San Souci) is a supporting antagonist from DC Comics.

She was a canadian terrorist armorer who became a walking bomb in a costume covered with assorted incendiary charges. She has the ability to project concussive blasts and turn objects into bombs, and was a former member of the Suicide Squad and the Secret Society of Super Villains.

History[]

Modern Age[]

Bette San Souci was a member of a band of extremist French Canadian separatists who engage in terrorist activity against both Canada and the United States of America. This group believed that United States capitalists exploit French Canadian resources. Wearing a costume covered with bombs, San Souci assumed the "Plastique" alterego and invaded the offices of the New York News Express, New York City's fourth largest newspaper. She demanded that unless the News Express agreed by 10:00 PM that night to abandon its paper mills in Quebec she would kill everyone in the building. Confronted by the super-hero Firestorm, Plastique decided to make herself a martyr to her cause dramatically by destroying herself along with anyone else in the building.

She activated the bombs on her costume, which would explode within seconds. However, Firestorm ruined her plan by using his matter, rearranging power to make all her clothing vanish, making her a laughingstock. He then scooped up the bombs and flew them outside, where they detonated with out harming anyone. The humiliated Plastique went to prison and Firestorm foiled a plot by her fellow terrorist; Le Flambeau, to blackmail New York City into freeing her. But Plastique's lawyer brought her an experimental serum developed by a man called "The Doctor" for the terrorists' Project Bomb-Burst. She had him inject her with the serum, which gave her the power to project explosive force from her fingertips.

Plastique used her new power to break out of prison and she joined forces with the second Killer Frost. With Frost's aid, Plastique attempted to strike out against both the United States and Canada, which both drew hydroelectric power from Niagara Falls. Plastique told Killer Frost to freeze the falls while she herself destroyed the power plant. However, Firehawk defeated Frost and Firestorm tricked Plastique into knocking her self unconscious from the recoil of one of her explosions. Firehawk and Firestorm then delivered Plastique and Killer Frost to the legal authorities. She eventually joined the Suicide Squad

The New 52[]

As she developed, Plastique's radical ideology waned. After serving with the Suicide Squad, she became a thief and mercenary targeting Firestorm before joining the Outsider's Secret Society during The New 52. In advance of the Crime Syndicate's invasion of Earth, Plastique attempted to murder Madame Xanadu, infiltrated A.R.G.U.S., and tried to claim the bounty on the Rogues.

A goth-futuristic version of Plastique was also introduced in the Futures End storyline. This version of the character began working as a thief and mercenary in the year 2020 and eventually crosses paths with Batman (Terry McGinnis), whose she later began a relationship. Following DC Rebirth, Plastique battled the Justice League and bombed a wedding attended by Etta Candy and Wonder Woman. She was last seen holidaying on criminal paradise Zandia.

Powers and Abilities[]

Originally Plastique had no super-powers but wore a costume covered with plastic explosives, which she could trigger and detach manually. After being injected with the Doctor's serum, she gained the power to project tremendous explosive force at will by touching an object with her fingertips. Plastique is also a fair hand-to-hand combatant.

Television History[]

Plastique appears in the HBO Max animated series Harley Quinn, voiced by Kari Wahlgren.
Plastique makes a non-speaking cameo appearance in the Injustice animated film.
Plastique is a major antagonist in the novel DC Super Hero Girls: Date With Disaster.

Justice League Unlimited[]

In the Justice League Unlimited episode "Task Force X", Bette Sans Souci a.k.a. Plastique is an explosives expert. Plastique has advanced knowledge of the intricacies and use of demolition weaponry.

She was assigned to Task Force X, along with Rick Flag, Deadshot, Captain Boomerang, and Clock King, on a dangerous mission to infiltrate the Justice League's Watchtower space station and steal a magical automaton called the Annihilator.

She was caught in an explosion by one of her own devices when Deadshot detonated it from a distance so that rest of the team could escape. She was wounded but still alive when last seen, mainly because Captain Atom attempted to take the brunt of the blast.

It is unclear whether she died or survived, but in any case she seems to have been left disfigured. She was voiced by Juliet Landau, albeit with a Creole rather than Quebec accent, who also played Drusilla in the Buffyverse.

Smallville[]

Main article: Plastique (Smallville)

The second episode of the 8th season of Smallville titled "Plastique", involves a younger version of the character, played by Jessica Parker Kennedy. In this continuity, Plastique gained her powers of explosions during the second meteor shower which had occurred in "Commencement", the fourth season finale episode, after which she was taken captive by LuthorCorp and held for three years in Black Creek before escaping.

Because of this, she was forced to move from place to place, often encountering LuthorCorp employees seeking to take her captive. Towards the end of the episode, she was recruited by Tess Mercer to be a part of a special team of sorts, as described by Mercer.

In the season eight episode "Injustice", Bette Sans Souci returned again, appearing with Parasite, Livewire, and Neutron, all of whom formed into a team of meteor-freak rogues who searched for Doomsday. After seeing through Tess' deception, Bette and Parasite betrayed her and were defeated by Clark and Oliver Queen.

She returned in the Season 10 episode "Shield" alongside Rick Flag, as a member of the Suicide Squad and broke Deadshot out of prison. She also placed a synthetic tracker on Carter Hall while disguised as a servant in Egypt.

The Flash[]

Bette Sans Souci, given the nickname Plastique, appears in the titular episode "Plastique" of the first season of The Flash. A metahuman with the ability to turn anything she touches into a bomb, Plastique is initially an enemy to Barry and friends, until they realize her true motives and try to help her.

However, a scared Bette was corrupted by Eobard Thawne into attempting to kill General Wade Eiling, which results in her death. She was portrayed by Kelly Frye.

Trivia[]

She was created by Gerry Conway and Pat Broderick.

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