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“ | You were warned, Esther. You know I always get what I want. [to one of his doctors] Commence the procedure. Give her a dose she won't come back from. | „ |
~ Thomas Wayne foolishly proclaiming that he can get what he wants before having Esther Cobblepot injected with a drug that drives her mad. |
“ | Tell Falcone… he's making a mistake… | „ |
~ Thomas Wayne's last words before he is shot and killed by Joe Chill. |
Dr. Thomas Wayne is one of the two overarching antagonists (alongside Hamilton Hill) of Telltale Games' Batman series.
He was a Gotham City-based billionaire and the father of Bruce Wayne. When he and his wife Martha were murdered by Joe Chill, it inspired their son to pursue a life of crime-fighting. During the events of the series, it is revealed that he had ties to the crime boss Carmine Falcone and Gotham's corrupt mayor, Hamilton Hill.
Like his son, he was voiced by Troy Baker, who also voiced Joel Miller in the The Last of Us franchise, Pagan Min in Far Cry 4, Revolver Ocelot in Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain, Delsin Rowe in inFamous: Second Son, Erron Black and Shinnok in the Mortal Komabt series, Joker in Batman: Arkham Origins, Batman vs Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Batman: The Long Halloween Part 1 and Batman: Assault on Arkham, and Magni in God of War.
Biography[]
Early life[]
Thomas Wayne was the CEO of Wayne Enterprises and at some point in his life he met and married Martha Wayne, and the two had a son, Bruce.
Thomas Wayne, along with Mayor Hamilton Hill and Carmine Falcone, ran Gotham City. He used his name and status as CEO of Wayne Enterprises to control Gotham.
His family was close to Theodore and Esther Cobblepot, with Bruce befriending their son, Oswald. Thomas and Hill approached Esther and tried to make a deal with her to buy the land the Cobblepot family owned, to which Esther refused. Hill then had Wayne commit Esther to Arkham Asylum and give her a drug that put her in a psychotic state so they can gain the Cobblepot family's land.
During his time working with Falcone and Hill, Thomas began committing political opponents to Arkham Asylum, and taking control of their land. Thomas also ordered the assassination of the Arkham family when they objected to his use of the Asylum and its land, making an enemy of Victoria Arkham.
Death[]
Eventually, Martha found out about Thomas' crimes and threatened to turn him in to the police if he didn't cut all ties with Falcone and Hill. Thomas would have agreed, but word of his impending betrayal got out to Hill, who then hired small-time criminal Joe Chill to kill the entire Wayne family. As Thomas, Martha, and Bruce walked home from a showing of The Mark of Zorro, Chill ambushed them in Crime Alley. Thomas tried to protect his family from Chill, who shot him twice in the chest. Chill then shot Thomas in the left eye, killing him instantly. Chill then killed Martha by shooting her in the chest. To make the murders look like a mugging gone wrong, Chill stole Thomas' wallet and Martha's pearl necklace. Chill was about to kill Bruce, but fled when he heard police sirens.
Legacy[]
Following their deaths, Thomas and Martha were looked upon by Gotham as martyrs. This would also force Falcone to begin using his own resources to manage his criminal empire. Bruce became Batman in order to make sure no more innocent people would die.
However, the public's ignorance of Thomas' crimes lead to the Arkham family's daughter Victoria, now adopting the name Vicki Vale, to become Lady Arkham, and reform and join the Children of Arkham, a political reform group-turned-fanatical terrorist cell. On the twentieth anniversary of the Waynes' deaths, the group leaked information about Thomas' dealings with Falcone and Hill to the press. With this, the Wayne family's legacy was tarnished. Bruce later decided to continue being Batman to make amends for his father's crimes.
Trivia[]
- This is not actually the first time Thomas Wayne has been depicted as a villain; the version of him in the Elseworlds Story, "Batman: Reign of Terror", set during the French Revolution, also depicts Thomas Wayne as a villain, the difference being that there Thomas Wayne is still alive and thus an enemy of his son as Batman.
- Despite being dead long before the series, he still mas a massive impact in Telltale Games' Batman series as a whole, considering Lady Arkham's motives for her actions directly involved him in Season One, as well as Alfred revealing he has worked with him, and was now working with Bruce. Alfred also started to believe that Thomas' desire for control reflected within Bruce in Batman: The Enemy Within.
- Thomas Wayne is similar to Robert Queen in the TV series Arrow; he was a criminal and a ruthless corrupt businessman who made deals with the criminal underworld and let his conscience get the best of him after he died. Just like Oliver Queen, Bruce Wayne had to right his father’s wrongs and rebuild his family's legacy.
- Alfred claims that Thomas would have been proud that Bruce had taken a different path, indicating that Thomas wanted his son to be a good person.
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