#rupert thorne

[darkmessiah2000]

“Who wants to shake hands with the skeleton?”

[randomnoteforfuturereference]

Creature Commandos shows us that frequently "regular humans" are not only the real monsters but are monsters that we see in real life. Be they incel militias, neonazis, or corrupt CEOs.

Just as important is that it shows us the humanity of those monsters.

Sam Fitzgibbon was a neonazi who implicitly wanted to make a "better country" by turbocharging white supremacy by violent insurrection. He also struck a genuine companionship with G.I. Robot and cared for his cats.

Rupert Thorne had no problem selling to brutal dictators, and he had no problem not only killing Alex's family but mocking him in front of their bodies. He was also a loving father to his kids.

Those monsters can be just like you.

And in many ways, that makes them all the more reprehensible.

[docgold13]

more Batman Caped Crusader paper cut-outs

[longwuzhere]

My thoughts on Batman Caped Crusader

Ok finished all 10 episodes of Batman Caped Crusader. Good cartoon but its not without flaws. Visually speaking its a great successor to Batman the Animated Series. The supporting cast is fantastic. I love this version of Harley. Way more sinister compared to her other counterparts.

The setting specifically setting it in the 1930s really helps it stand out from other Batman media. I really did not like how flat Hamish Linkletters Batman was. His Batman voice didnt really have any personality to it. Bruce is really cold towards Alfred in this. Its kinda off putting honestly.

Like it gets better towards the end but initially its very jarring to see. I do wish we got to spend more time with Bruce/Batman. The show is really trying hard to focus on multiple characters that you dont really get to know them that well. For example Harvey Dent is set up in the first episode and we know where his fate ends up, but its just that we dont get a lot of time seeing that build up so when it happens and what happens at episode 10 its like whatever.

Not to end on a bad note for this but I did enjoy episode 7 for the fun references IYKYK.

[creaturefeaturecommando]

Usually I’m against killing kids but like… Rupert killed Phosphorus’ wife and child. It’s only fair that he kills Rupert’s family. Sorry to those kids but your daddy was a murderer who liked to kill other peoples families. The glowing skeleton man was just getting vengeance.

[thingsasbarcodes]

Batman: Caped Crusader 1x08 - Nocturne

[katy-l1988]

Toxic Love

A toxic relationship like the one the Joker and Harley would have, the difference is that here these two would be independent.

That means that if Oswalda has to kill ten of Thorne's men to get what she wants, she will, and vice versa. The only ones immune are them, as well as Matthew and maybe...Ronald.

And nope, I have no arguments for this ship, beyond this single interaction:

[drgarrisonandpaul]

Rupert Thorne: *Cocks a gun*

Two-Face: *Cocks 2 guns*

Penguin: *Cocks an umbrella*

Joker: *Cocks a rubber chicken*

Croc: ... ... ehhhh *Cocks his hand*

[90ssuperheroes]

[comicsiswild]

Batman: The Adventures Continue (2020) #1: Season Three

[vertigoartgore]

Rupert THORNE: "I hear you've made a name for yourself. What is it they're calling you ? Ah yes ! "The man who killed Batman"

Small time mobster Sidney "Sid the Squid" DeBris, the man who (allegedly) killed Batman (hence the cape & cowl), sitting on his (bat)throne and enjoying his newfound reputation (careful what you wish four). From "The Man Who Killed Batman" (1993), one of the very best episodes of Batman: The Animated Series (1992-1995). Source

[beeclops2]

[docgold13]

Batman: The Animated Series - Paper Cut-Out Portraits and Profiles

Rupert Thorne

A powerful and ruthless crime boss, Rupert Thorne muscled his way into the Gotham City and swiftly took control over a large section of the criminal underworld.  Edging out former kingpins, Arnold Stromwell and Salvatore Valestra, Thorne’s enterprises ranged from narcotics to racketeering, money laundering, gambling and weapons smuggling.  Although his criminal endeavors were well known to the public, the corruption within Gotham's justice system kept Thorne in his penthouse and the authorities off his back.

District Attorney Harvey Dent was determined to put an end to Thorne’s grip on the city.  Dent’s dogged pursuit of Thorne became even more relentless as he was campaigning for reelection as District Attorney.  Dent was getting close and Thorne became desperate to put a stop to it.  

Thorne attempted to blackmail Dent after his agent had pilfered the medical notes from Dent’s psychiatrist.  Dent was contending with rather severe psychological difficulties and Thorne threatened to expose this to the public unless Dent agreed to drop all investigations into his enterprises.  Dent refused and a scuffle broke out wherein Dent was caught in an explosion that terribly scared half of his face.  All this resulted in the creation of the villainous Two-Face.  And Two-Face would prove an even greater threat to Rupert Thorne than Dent had ever been.   

A new breed of criminal was encroaching on Thorne’s territory.  Villains like Two-Face, The Penguin and The Joker were substantially cutting into his profit margins and The Batman was a near constant threat to his whole organization.  Determined to wrestle back control, Thorne hired the mercenary known as Bane to break the Bat and ostensively reseat Thorne atop the criminal empire.  

The plot failed, Batman triumphed over Bane and Thorne’s hold on power became even more tenuous.  In desperate need of cash, Thorne agreed to pool resources with The Penguin and the mob enforcer Carlton Duquesne in a venture to sell high tech weapons to the war-torn nation of Kasnia.  

The operation was taken down by Batman along with the mysterious new heroine, Batwoman.  Duquesne was convinced to testify against Thorne and the once untouchable gangster was sentenced to life in prison at Stonegate Penitentiary.   

The wonderfully intimidating John Vernon provided the voice for Rupert Thorne, with mobster first appeared in the sixth episode of the first season of Batman: The Animated Series, ‘It’s Never Too Late.’  

[kstarlitchaotics]

Official cast for Rupert Thorne

[twistedtummies2]

Year of the Bat - Number 10

Welcome to Year of the Bat! In honor of Kevin Conroy, Arleen Sorkin, and Richard Moll, I’ve been counting down my Top 31 Favorite Episodes of “Batman: The Animated Series” throughout this January. Today, we’ve officially reached the Top 10! TODAY’S EPISODE QUOTE: “Change is everything.” Number 10 is…Two-Face.

How fitting is it we’re covering this villain’s origins on the 22nd? XD Anyway, I had a hard time choosing between this and “Feat of Clay.” Both are actually extremely similar in a lot of ways: both are two-part story arcs, both feature the origins of great villains in Batman’s Rogues Gallery – great villains whose appearances were teased in earlier stories, no less – and both feature great animation and an exceptionally dark, at times almost horror-movie-esque, tone. Not only that, but even the plots of these episodes bear some noticeable similarities! With that said, the animated series definitely provided the best take on Harvey Dent we’ve ever gotten, at least outside of comics themselves. In previous episodes – specifically the series pilot, “On Leather Wings,” and Poison Ivy’s debut, “Pretty Poison” – we’d already met Harvey Dent and gotten to know him a bit. We knew he was Gotham’s rather well-liked district attorney, we knew he and Batman had a sort of rivalry going on, and we also knew that he and Bruce Wayne were best friends. All these facts made the events of this two-parter all the more disturbing, because we had gotten to know Harvey pretty well. In this two-parter, it’s revealed that Harvey secretly suffers from some mental issues, and has a second personality inside him, referred to as “Big Bad Harv.” This second personality is all of Harvey’s repressed anger and bitterness, refined into one diabolical, snarly, cruel beast. When the DA gets too close to the schemes of crime boss Rupert Thorne, Thorne’s minions capture Harvey, and in the chaos that ensues, the DA’s face and body are horrifically disfigured. This causes Harvey to snap and become the supervillain Two-Face: a deranged gangster who vows to get revenge on Thorne, and make Gotham his own stomping ground in the process. Harvey/Two-Face was voiced by the late Richard Moll, who – like many actors in later years – would reprise the role many times in other takes on the character. Like Mark Hamill and Kevin Conroy, Moll cemented the character and became the definitive interpretation. He is so wonderful as the vulnerable, tragic Harvey Dent, while his gravelly, gruff, snarly voice for Two-Face has become the gold standard which all other versions (at least in animation) seem to try and live by. Two-Face, himself, has always been one of Batman’s most tragic and personal enemies, and the Animated Series didn’t hold back on that front. Not only do the events of this story scar Harvey for life – both physically and mentally – but they also take a heavy toll on Bruce himself. This two-parter is magnificent not only because of how well it handles a great villain, but because of Batman’s role in the story, as well. In a lot of the villain introductions of the show, Batman is sort of a secondary player, in a way: the focus is either just on him trying to stop the villain in question, or on the villain’s descent into darkness. This episode not only gives us both those elements, but it also gives us great character moments for Batman himself, as he has to struggle with the guilt and sorrow that comes with seeing one of his best friends become one of his most formidable opponents. We got bits and pieces of this kind of thing in other stories, of course, but “Two-Face” – perhaps because it has more time to manage things – really goes all out. This isn’t just a great episode for Two-Face himself, but a great episode for Batman as well. It’s for this reason, I think that I decided to rank this higher than “Feat of Clay.” There’s no doubt in my mind that it belongs in my Top 10.

Tomorrow we move on with Number 9! Hint: “So, it wasn’t all for nothing.”