Ragdoll
General Information
Real name:	Peter Merkel
Aliases:	Ragdoll
Portrayed by:	Jeff Bennett
Appearances:	The Batman Ragdolls to Riches Team Penguin

A master thief and triple-jointed contortionist, Ragdoll is capable of bending his body in all sorts of impossible ways. Even able to survive in ways where a normal human would be crushed to death, like between the gears of a clock.

HistoryEdit

Able to bend himself in every imaginable (and even some unimaginable, such as the inside of Penguin's top hat) positions, Ragdoll is a formidable opponent for The Batman, but an even bigger adversary of Catwoman. While Catwoman's interests are merely in cat-related fare, Ragdoll's interests lay wherever the money is. To Catwoman's dismay, this is also in rare cat-items: vintage animation cells, priceless artifacts and the main jewel of their battle, two 'Cat's Eyes' emeralds, hidden in a Gotham Clock Tower by a mobster in the 1930's. Though never found, it was enough to pique the interest of Ragdoll and Catwoman, falling into a trap set by The Batman.

After a lengthy and spectacular battle, Ragdoll went to prison empty handed, Catwoman back home and The Batman (and Bruce Wayne) with two newly found emeralds.

In the episode, "Team Penguin" Ragdoll is a member of the team and slips through vents to disable cameras in the roberies. In the end, he is taken down by Robin.

Ragdoll is also seen amongst other villians in the episode "Rumors".

Trivia Edit

• Due to similarities with the Scarecrow (especially with his Batman: The Animated Series design) many fans tend to mistake Ragdoll for Scarecrow.
• In the comics, the Ragdoll was an enemy of the original Flash, Jay Garrick. His absense in the episode where Batman meets the Flash can be dismissed by the fact that the Flash used was the Barry Allen version.
• It is unknown whether this Ragdoll was based off of the original Ragdoll (Peter Merkel) or his son, the second Ragdoll (Peter Merkel Jr.).