Plastic man is a superhero whose powers make his body like plastic. He can stretch it into almost any shape, including shape shifting to different people. His real name is Patrick O'Brien, and this video is going to go over his origin. Now there are many different versions of superheroes, but this video is going to focus on the origin story told in the animated TV show Batman the Brave and Bold. Patrick O'Brien was a criminal who was nicknamed the eel or eel o'Brien, because of his ability to bend like an eel and break into places that others couldn't get into. O'Brien was working as a henchman for Kite Man, until one night on a robber with Kite Man, they were attacked by Batman. He ambushed them and engaged in a fight with Kite Man, and his henchman could have fled, and one of them actually did. But O'Brien went back to clip the money as he was too greedy to let it go to waste. And then, while he was flying away on his kite with the cash, Batman for a battering at him, that caused him to lose control of the kite and fall into a vat of chemicals that transformed his body and gave him his plastic man powers. Plastic Man then spent months recovering from this, with Batman feeling partially responsible for it. And then when O'Brien was better, he testified against Kite Man, and with his testimony they were able to put him away. And because of this, the law went easier on O'Brien. And so, when O'Brien was up for parole, Batman came in personally and voucher him, and was able to convince the parole board to release him into his custody. And so, O'Brien turned into plastic man the hero, fighting alongside Batman and many other heroes from the Justice League. And that is his origin. It's a little simple I know, and quite obitically shade. After all falling into a vat of chemicals is not very original, and it's pretty much a common but right as easy way of explaining how someone got their superpowers. But even so, it's not the worst origin. We have a criminal working for a supervillain reforming into a hero, again a bit of a cliche, but it's still a good story. And though plastic man is a bit of a goof and mainly just used as the right as comic relief, the character still has his moments. And his powers make him pretty much indestructible, but they are very undefined as he is able to transform into nearly anything, including a car that seems to have an engine and drive like a normal car. It's a bit of an odd power set, but you just have to go with it. Thankfully Batman the Brave and the Bold has that corny silver and golden age comics theme to it, so it makes believing plastic man's powers pretty easy. But what do you think of plastic man's powers? And what do you think of him as a character? And what do you think of his origin? Be sure to let us know in the comments, and I just let us say a quick thank you to those you made this video possible by donating to the New Domaz Productions page on Patreon. Patreon is a crowdfunding site that's helping us to bring more videos each week and to race funds for adapting comic book stories into short animated films. If you're interested in donating or just want to find out more, a link is in this video's description. And as always, thanks for watching and feel free to subscribe, share, like and comment.