Patrick Bateman

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==Summary==
Patrick Bateman is a fictional character, the villain protagonist and narrator of the novel American Psycho by Bret Easton Ellis, and its film adaptation. He is a wealthy, materialistic Wall Street investment banker who leads a double life as a serial killer. Bateman has also briefly appeared in other Ellis novels and their film and theater adaptations.
==Powers and Stats==
Tier: , likely higher physically. with weapons
Name: Patrick "Pat" Bateman
Origin: American Psycho
Gender: Male
Age: 27
Classification: Human, Investment banker, psychopathic rich serial killer
Powers and Abilities: Peak Human Physical Characteristics, Weapon Mastery, Stealth Mastery, Vehicular Mastery, Status Effect Inducement with Mace Pepper Spray, Preparation, Social Influencing
Attack Potency: Athlete level, likely higher physically (Could easily overpower normal people, break bones and tear their flesh with his teeth. Does extreme exercises everyday, such as 1000 crunches). Street level with weapons (Chainsaws, Machete, Various Knives, Ice Pick, Fire Axe, Various Hand Guns, etc)
Speed: At least Athletic Human (His level of fitness and feats warrant this)
Lifting Strength: Athletic Human (Could easily lift average humans)
Striking Strength: Athlete level, likely higher (Stays fit, killed a large dog in two stomps and easily injures people)
Durability: Athlete level, likely higher
Stamina: Athletic Human (Can do 1000 crunches, exercises every day)
Range: Standard Melee Range, Extended Melee Range up to Hundreds of Meters with weapons
Standard Equipment: Knives, Pistol, Chainsaw, Duct Tape, Suitcase, etc.
Intelligence: Gifted (Graduated from Harvard Law School, skilled serial killer and extreme manipulator. Knows how to get away with many crimes. He’ll plan ahead to try and cover his tracks via planting evidence as well as hiding his tracks.)
Weaknesses: Standard human weaknesses, he's prone to having mental break downs
Feats:
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====Attacks/Murders====
* Mercilessly blinds a homeless man with a knife, leaving him horribly disfigured and snapping his dog's legs with a stomp.American Psycho, Tuesday
* Crushes a dog's trachea and disembowels it, then slits the throat of the owner before shooting him twice with a silencer.American Psycho, Killing Dog
* Tackles a delivery boy off his bike to slit his throat.American Psycho, Christmas Party
* Kills Paul Owen with two axe chops, splitting his face open and watching him bleed out.American Psycho, Paul Owen
* Tortures a woman with a nail gun, Mace, and pair of scissors.American Psycho, Lunch with Bethany
* Butchers a fleeing woman, then uses jumper cables to electrocute another until her breasts burst apart.American Psycho, Girls (2)
* Uses the severed arm of a woman to smash her corpse's jaw open, caving her face in with two more blows.American Psycho, Thursday
* Stabs a child in the neck and pretends to be a doctor while watching him die.American Psycho, Killing Child at Zoo
* Ties up two women, stabbing the first in the throat until the blade of his knife breaks off, then widens the second’s mouth so that he can pull out her neck’s innards before ripping her stomach open with bare hands.American Psycho, Girls (3)
* Loosens a woman up with acid so that he can torture her with a rat, finally finishing her off with a chainsaw and mutilating the body.American Psycho, Girl
* Kills a man with a .357 magnum (though the silencer doesn't work) and later shoots another, cracking his head open.American Psycho, Chase, Manhattan
* Gets in a car crash and proceeds to wrestle an officer, shooting him in the face before backup arrives, at which point he blows up their car with a stray bullet.American Psycho, Chase, Manhattan
* Shoots a man while spinning around a revolving door, then hits another right between the eyes, knocking out a chunk of marble and slamming his body against a wall.American Psycho, Chase, Manhattan
====Physicals====
* Works out a lot.American Psycho, Health Club
* Clenches his fist so tightly, he breaks the skin on his palm, ripping his shirt with a bicep.American Psycho, Birthday, Brothers
* Doesn't fall asleep after taking three Halcion.American Psycho, Shopping
* Stays conscious after a car-rolling accident.American Psycho, Chase, Manhattan
* Somersaults over an embankment and breaks into a sprint.American Psycho, Chase, Manhattan
====Miscellaneous====
* Calls someone recommended by his lawyer to make sure none of his phones are wiretapped.American Psycho, Detective
* Senses he's being followed.American Psycho, Confronted by Fag
* Owns an Uzi and Ruger Mini.American Psycho, Taking an Uzi to the Gym
* Was a killer since collegeAmerican Psycho, Lunch with Bethany and claims to have a body count of a hundredAmerican Psycho, Chase, Manhattan.
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====Physicals====
* Believes in taking care of himself, practicing a balanced diet and rigorous exercise routine to the point where he can do a thousand stomach crunches.
* Here he is in action.
* Stabs a homeless man to death, then kills his dog in three stomps.
* Murders Paul Allen with an axe
* chopped his head off
* Without any weapons, draws enough blood from a woman to stain some bedsheets after a few seconds.
* Shrugs off a kick to the face.
====Miscellaneous====
* Keeps murder weapons around his apartment, including a shotgun.
* Drops a chainsaw at the precise moment to kill a woman fleeing down a staircase.
* Has a Glock 17 pistol.
* Engages the cops in a shootout, gunning one down before blowing up their cars.
* Quickly shoots a man in the head, then circles around a revolving door to shoot another down a hallway.
* Depending on if you think American Psycho 2: All-American Girl is canon, he got killed by a 14-year-old.
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* Kills a mugger by kicking him to the ground, snapping his jaw with a single kick and crushing his trachea with repeated stomps.
* Has spies across New York “in places great and small” who give him exact details regarding a murder.
* Bateman owns the company that released the American Psycho film, somehow.
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====Attacks/Murders====
* Stabs a homeless guy to death.
* [NSFW] Throttles two prostitutes at once, leaving them crawling.
* Dismembers and decapitates Paul Owen with a fire axe.
* Kills two backup dancers using a kitchen knife.
* Downs a room full of backup dancers with a shotgun.
* A musical number gives an idea of how many victims Patrick has killed, and a look into the various methods he has used, including a drilling, evisceration and something involving broken bones.
* Bites a chunk out of Luis Carruthers’ face.
====Miscellaneous====
* Carries a knife on him.
* He’s on steroids.
* Big fan of Hughie Lewis and the News.
* After attempting to confess to Detective Kimball, a group of cleaners dressed in white remove any traces of blood or evidence from the apartment of Paul Owen.
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====Influence====
* Bateman was created when Ellis wrote the original American Psycho manuscript, and his actions mirror the events in the manuscript. No one other than Ellis himself had ever read the text within the manuscript.Lunar Park, chapter 28
* Here’s another description that implies Bateman did not only write parts of American Psycho, but is also influencing Bret’s life story.Lunar Park, chapter 16
* His power draws on the fear of those that try to dismiss him, namely his own author.Lunar Park, chapter 26
* Bateman is defeated when Ellis writes a story in which Bateman dies in a fireLunar Park, chapter 28. This hastily-written story effects Ellis’ reality, causing the killer (a man who believes himself to be Patrick Bateman) to be apprehended by police, taken in at the exact time Ellis had written his storyLunar Park, chapter 30.
====Possessions====
* Patrick Bateman took control of Bret during the writing of American Psycho. Bret recalls losing consciousness and waking up with ten new pages of the novel, written by someone else while he was out.Lunar Park, chapter 1
* Can possess any living thing, including insects and rodents.Lunar Park, chapter 27
====Shapeshifting====
* Bateman appears as a college student and aspiring writer named Clayton, who looks like a mix of Christian Bale and a young Bret Easton Ellis. Clayton attends a Halloween party dressed in a bloodstained Armani suit.Lunar Park, chapter 5
* It appeared as early as October 1992, and it hasn’t aged in the decade or so since then.Lunar Park, chapter 15
* In a phone call, Bateman claims that he has many names, with Clayton being just one of them, and that he’s “everyone” and “everywhere”.Lunar Park, chapter 23
* Appears as a tall, long-limbed skeleton with a shifting face. It lunges at Bret with a scalpel in this form.Lunar Park, chapter 27
====Murders====
* Attacks and murders are commited that mirror events from the American Psycho novel, including throat slashings, blindings and dog-stompings.Lunar Park, chapter 11
* The culprit leaves no traces of fingerprints, hairs or any other identifying feature at the scenes of the crimes.Lunar Park, chapter 11
* A description of yet another murder; this victim was tortured with a blowtorch, had her arms broken, and was dismembered. Again, despite the brutality of the killing, there exists no trace of the killer’s fingerprints, hair or even clothing fibers at the scene.Lunar Park, chapter 16
====Miscellaneous====
* Sends Ellis a video of his father on the night he died. When Ellis looks closer, he realizes that the video was created without a camera, and he’s somehow seeing the events through Bateman’s eyes.Lunar Park, chapter 15
* Shuts down Bret’s computer with a supernatural virus.Lunar Park, chapter 21
* Causes a car crash by running Ellis off the road, but Bateman remains unharmed.Lunar Park, chapter 29
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==Notable Matchups==
Victories:
The Joker (Joker) The Joker's Profile (Both had a pistol and started 20m away from each other and behind cover)
Losses:
Dexter Morgan (Dexter) Dexter's Profile (Speed was equalized, with a starting distance of one meter. Dexter had his standard equipment. Patrick had his knives, a fire axe, and a gun.)
Wednesday Addams (Wednesday) Wednesday's Profile (Battle took place in Central Park. Patrick had a machete, a fire axe, and a handgun)
Ryuuen Kakeru (Youkoso Jitsuryoku Shijou Shugi no Kyoushitsu e) Ryuuen's Profile (Location: Classroom, Starting Distance: 5 meters, Speed was equalised, Patrick had all equipment but started the fight with his chainsaw, 42 hours preparation time.)
Inconclusive:
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