The Riddler (The Batman)

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The Riddler
Real name:	Edward Nigma
First Appearance:	The Batman
Created by:	Duane Capizzi
Affiliations:	The Joker (The Batman), The Penguin (The Batman)
Abilities:	Very intelligent, highly calculating, technological genius and master strategist.
Portrayed by:	Robert Englund

[edit] Character History

As a child, Edward Nigma was a clever boy who was disliked by his father, who wanted him to be a baseball player instead of a bookworm. When he was older, Edward got a job at a university where he and his partner Julie invented a device which would enhance the human brain, giving its user amazing brain power. During the development stages of the device, a man named Gorman kept trying to get Edward to sell the right of the invention to him, an offer which Edward refused. During the demonstration of the device to the dean, though, the device malfunctioned. Edward subsequently accused Gorman of sabotaging the device and decided to get vengeance years later by booby trapping Gorman house with deadly puzzles and traps, turning his house into a death trap. While trying to survive his house of horrors, Gorman called the police, a call intercepted by the Batman, who went to the house, saved Gorman, and arrested Edward, who was now calling himself the Riddler.

The Riddler broke out of prison many times after his first arrest. One time he tried to distract the police force which numerous riddles spread throughout Gotham city as he stole all the electronic information in the city's mainframe, on another he tried to pit the Joker and the Penguin together in a fight to defeat Batman and take off his mask.

During his final on-screen confrontation with the Batman, wherein his backstory was revealed, the Riddler and Batman both worked out that Gorman hadn't been the saboteur of his invention on the demonstration in the university, Julie had done it so that she didn't need to share the profits of her device with Edward. The Riddler goes back to the university where Julie still works, tied Julie to a chair and tried to kill her with feedback from the device before he was stopped once more by Batman and Robin. Batman, taking sympathy on the Riddler, leaves Julie tied to the chair and allows her to be taken into custody by the police.

The Riddler is captured by Rumor.

[edit] Powers and Abilities

Riddler is a master criminal strategist, and has an affinity for riddles and puzzles - he prefers using elaborate methods of committing crimes on a wide scale, and cannot resist leaving clues to his crimes. This habit can be a major weakness and can be easily exploited.

Whilst he is not athletically proficient, he is very computer literate and is an expert hacker and mechanic.

Quote: "Someone is very Bright...Step into the light so the Riddler can see you."-Riddler

"What is at the beginning that's also at the end? You and Gorman were at the beginning and now the end of my career as the Riddler."-Riddler's Revenge