Edward Nigma (The Batman TV Series)

The Riddler
Cartoon Network's The Batman‎
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Real Name	Edward Nigma
Main Alias	The Riddler
Relatives	Unnamed father
Base Of Operations	Gotham City
Status
Alignment	Bad
Citizenship	American
Marital Status	Single
Occupation	Professional Criminal
Characteristics
Gender	Male
Hair	Black
Origin
Universe	The Batman (TV Series)
Creators	Bill Finger · Dick Sprang · Duane Capizzi
First Appearance	"Riddled" (May 21, 2005)

No more question marks, Batman. Now we put a period at the end of your life.

— The Riddler

The Riddler is an enemy of the Batman obsessed with riddles.

History

Early Life

As a boy, young Edward Nigma was fascinated by riddles and puzzles. However, Nigma's father despised the boy's intellectual pursuits and constantly shot down any puzzles the boy made. Nigma came to hate his sports-loving father.

Young Edward Nigma

In his early adulthood, Nigma became a thief who expertised in safe cracking. The thrill of cracking the puzzle of a safe always excited Edward. Later, he gave up this career to pursue a more intellectual path being a scientist.

Origins

After many months of being a scientist, Nigma, with his partner, Julie, created an invention that increased a person's IQ. When a snobby, rich man named Chuck Gormon offered to buy Nigma's creation, Nigma refused and pushed Gormon out of the lab.

Later, when showing off his invention to many scholars, the invention malfunctions and almost kills the test subject. Nigma assumes the hacker was none other than Gormon himself.

At Gormon's house one night, Nigma completely re-decorated and turned Gormon's house into a death trap. Thanks to the Batman, Gormon survives the death trap and the Riddler escapes for the first time.

Career as the Riddler

To make his riddles and clues more interesting, Riddler threatens with implanted chemo-bombs for every wrong answer and has no problems attracting people into danger for his games.

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Powers and Abilities

Abilities

• Genius Level Intellect: The Riddler was a child prodigy and genius. As his name suggests, he is an expert at riddles.
• Tactical Analysis: Nigma constantly has a plan to test his enemies like Chuck Gorman and the Batman.
• Mechanical Aptitude: The Riddler has shown a lot of mechanical knowledge. At one point in his career, he single-handedly redesigned Chuck Gormon's house into a riddle-themed death trap.
• Adept Thief: Nigma states that, before he became the Riddler, he was a thief and master safe cracker. The thrill of solving the riddle of a safe was absolutely exciting to Nigma.
• Weaponry
• Hand-to-Hand Combat (Basic)
• Leadership
  

Paraphernalia

Weapons

• Riddler's Cane: Riddler's question mark cane not only is rigged with a detonator but it has a sharp blade on the top that the Riddler uses to fight with.

Trivia

• This version of the character is exclusive to the continuity of the television series The Batman, related film, and the tie-in comic The Batman Strikes!. It is an adaptation of Riddler (Edward Nigma). The original character was created by Bill Finger and Dick Sprang and first appeared in Detective Comics #140.
• Riddler was voiced by Robert Englund.
• Riddler's design was based off of Marilyn Manson.

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Footnotes

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