Bateman

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bateman (full name: Patrick Bateman, formerly: patrick) is one of the various nextbots that hunts down players in nico's nextbots. Before its removal from public servers, it could be found in nn_backrooms and arcade mode.
bateman was added on July 12th, 2022 within the Backrooms Update. As of now, it became private server exclusive on January 22nd, 2023.
==Overview==
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===Appearance ===
bateman takes the appearance of a man with a serious expression and stare, brown hair that is curled at the back, wearing a black business tuxedo suit with a black-striped white undershirt. He also wears a red tie with white spots.
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=== Audio ===
bateman emits an audio track of two individuals talking to each other, which includes bateman himself. The conversation goes as follows;
Individual 1 (bateman): "Why isn't it possible?"Individual 2 (bateman's lawyer): "It's just not-"Individual 1 (bateman): "WHY NOT, you stupid-"
The Proximity audio seems to be distorted.
His jumpscare is him insanely screaming.
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==Origin==
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===Image===
bateman's image originates from the character of the same name from the 2000 film American Psycho, which is the film adaptation of the 1991 novel of the same name. This particular image is seen at the very end of the film where bateman has an internal monologue about his actions and confession.
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===Audio===
The audio is also from American Psycho. The particular audio clip of "Why isn't it possible? It's just not. WHY NOT, you stupid bastard!" heard towards the end of the film became popular in November 2021 for memes, mainly video captions and edits. The word "bastard" was cut due to ROBLOX moderation, despite the fact that said cut word is a mild swear word.
His jumpscare sound originates from a Roblox audio named "Man screaming t wo" uploaded by jakenoah on Roblox. However, the true origin is from a scene in American Psycho where bateman is seen chasing a woman with a chainsaw.
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==Gallery==
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===General===
File:blackout_bateman.png|bateman during a blackout event
File:bloodmoon_bateman.png|bateman during a bloodmoon event
File:Patrickoldingame.webp|Old bateman in the old Backrooms from a medium distance.
File:Bateman in old nnb.png|bateman in old nico's nextbots along with nerd and speed.
File:Bateman in legacy.png|bateman in the legacy version.
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===Miscellaneous===
File:Patrick Bateman Nextbot.jpg|The source image for bateman.
File:Batmanposter.jpg|Movie poster.
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==Trivia==
*bateman is one of the three original nextbots to be added into the Backrooms, the other two being speed and nerd.
*As of January 22nd, 2023, bateman is unable to spawn naturally, which causes some players to think that he was possibly removed. He is now only spawnable through the admin panel, which is only accessible in private servers.
**When questioned about it on January 30th, 2023, holidae confirmed that the removal of sponge and bateman due to them no longer naturally spawning was intentional, even after nico himself said it. They did not have an official reason on why they did it. However,File:Spongebatemannoreason.PNG sponge, along with bateman, might have a chance of coming back to public servers as holidae said "maybe, maybe not" when questioned whether or not they're coming back.File:Spongebatemanpublicserversmaybe.PNG
***As of February 21st, 2024, bateman and sponge still haven't returned yet and it could be possible that they are not going to come back, but only time will tell.
==References==
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