Alfred Pennyworth

"*Stupid boy.*"
—Alfred

**Alfred Pennyworth** is the terrifying butler of Batman.

In truth, Alfred is actually the true Embodiment of Evil, hence his evilness. Willing to rule the world, Alfred is always looking for the right "sock puppet," like Superman, who he can manipulate into enforcing his will. However, Alfred is more than willing to wait if he's foiled. As an immortal, a loss means nothing to him.

He is Trigun's father and therefore Raven's grandfather.

## Physical appearance

Alfred is a slim Caucasian male, with gray-black hair and a mustache. He typically wears a three-piece suit, a black jacket and a white long-sleeved shirt with a black tie.

## History

Alfred Pennyworth is an evil mastermind that allowed the Wayne family to live in his “sweet ass mansion," under the condition that they stay out of his way. Alfred would continually harass the Waynes, especially their son Bruce, who was terrified of him.

After the Waynes were gunned down, Alfred explained to a grieving Bruce that he now owned him and that the boy would spend the rest of his days cleaning and working around the house, and also that he must make Alfred a sandwich every day. For a time, Bruce did just that, while subsisting only on tuna, until he ran away and traveled the world to train as Batman. Bruce returned to take back the house but wasn’t able to get rid of Alfred, so they made a deal and Bruce surrendered the West Wing of the manor to Alfred. Alfred also sent away the Waynes' second son, Thomas, because he didn’t want to take care of “two stupid boys.”

It is also mentioned that Alfred was at one point a human before he became a Lovecraftian Abomination. At some point in time, he created the "Get Out of Heck Free" card because he "figured some stupid boys would trip over themselves to get [it]."

### Creation of the Court of Owls

"*Wow, those silly buggers are still around? I started that sex club decades ago when I was still a young human.*"
—Alfred on the Court's origins
At an unknown point, Alfred created the Court of Owls organization in order to throw wild sex parties. Eventually, the group insisted on wearing owl-themed masks and became increasingly obsessed with controlling Gotham City. Bored by this, Alfred left the Court.

### Assisting Batman

Alfred begrudgingly assisted Bruce in his war on crime, acting as his butler, and sometimes communicating with him during a mission. Alfred also became familiar with the many children Bruce took in and often made fun of them too. He referred to Bruce and his Robins as “Stupid Boy”. Alfred was there for Dick Grayson, Jason Todd, Tim Drake, and Damian Wayne.

### Under the Red Hood

"*You know, my parents died too. Didn't make me pretend it was Hallow-fuckedy-ween every night.*"
—Alfred to Batman
Alfred was present for Jason Todd’s return, occasionally popping in to deliver sass on Bruce’s ongoing mission to find and save Jason from himself. Eventually, Bruce tracked Jason down, and, after a brutal fight, was unable to save him from a bomb he had planted. Bruce returned to the cave and was comforted by Nightwing, only for Superman to announce his candidacy for President of the United States, sending Batman into a rage. Alfred laughed maniacally as Batman leapt into his Batmobile screaming “Code Red!”

### Son of Batman

"*So this one sasses back, does it?*"
—Alfred on Damian Wayne
During an encounter with Killer Croc, Batman was rescued by his former lover Talia, who informed him that he had a son named Damian. She then proceeded to dump Damian on Bruce before leaving. Bruce took Damian home to Wayne Manor, where Damian immediately came into conflict with Alfred. Damian actually snapped back at Alfred’s insults, showing no signs of fear for Alfred. One night, Damian snuck out to get answers from one of Deathstroke’s men, nearly killing him until Nightwing intervened. In the ensuing fight, Nightwing emerged victoriously, but injured and covered in cuts. As Alfred tended to Dick’s wounds, Damian roasted him, much to Alfred’s amusement. This leads to Dick leaving the room, claiming “this is like my childhood all over again, but with two Alfreds.”

### Superman’s Presidential Campaign

"*Well tickle my balls and call me Dirty Hairy. That's the first thing resembling and iota of pride I've felt for you.*"
—Alfred after Bruce tells him that he messed with the world domination plan because it amused him
One day, Alfred was being particularly nice to Bruce, making him a spot of tea, and telling him that he loved him. This was a prelude to the fact that Alfred was running as Superman’s Vice President. On live television, Alfred casually referred to Superman as an idiot he was manipulating and openly announced that he wanted to take over the world. Somehow, Superman actually won and Alfred was established as Vice President of the United States (despite the fact that he was Scottish). Much to his dismay, however, Batman convinced the Man of Steel to resign (along with forcing Alfred to). Angered to see his plans all come crashing down, Alfred threatened to unleash his full eldritch power on the Dark Knight, but Bruce convinced him to back down with just how ballsy the act was.

### Return of The Court of Owls

Batman was angered to learn that an assassin called Talon had been trying to seduce his son to the dark side. The villain constantly urged Robin to kill his enemies. Batman eventually learned that Talon was the assassin for a mysterious group of Gotham's elite called the Court of Owls. Alfred revealed that he was the one who had originally started this group. Upon further investigation, Batman discovered that the leader of the group was none other than his girlfriend Samantha Vanaver. The Court used Scarecrow's fear toxin on Batman.

When he came to his senses, the Dark Knight discovered that Talon had turned on the Court and was coming to Wayne Manor to have his revenge on Batman. He brought with him an army of undead soldiers, which meant the hero could finally kill his enemies since they weren't people. Alfred joined his stupid boys in the battle. The villain revealed that he was in fact Bruce's younger brother Thomas Wayne Jr., who Alfred admitted had given up when the Waynes died. Together with Alfred, Nightwing, and Robin, Batman fought his brother to the end. Thomas impaled himself on Damian's dagger in the hopes that it would plague the boy with guilt, but the heroes instead laughed it off and bonded as a family.

Alfred later killed Adrian Veidt with a shotgun before disappearing into thin air. He also married Dick Grayson and Koriand'r.

### Finale

Alfred makes a pact with Dr. Manhattan to stay out of each other's fun. When Manhattan turns the world into Flashpoint, Alfred becomes Batman himself to enjoy his life of debauchery and murder. However, after Barry Allen reveals that the world will be destroyed by Aquaman exploding Captain Atom, a very pissed Alfred attempts to help him reset the timeline. Though he kills Reverse Flash to free up the speed Force for Barry, they fail and are sent into the clock void Manhattan calls home. Very angry their pact has been broken, Alfred traps Manhattan in a snowglobe. Barry convinces Alfred to do one good thing an bring Earth-16A back. Wanting to continue his fun, Alfred agrees and brings it back with some minor changes. He gives Barry a comfortable retirement from being the Flash, making Superman a good hero again and kills Bruce Wayne so he can keep his sweet ass mansion to himself.

## Resources

### Powers

* **Unimaginable Satanic Power:** Alfred is an extremely powerful being. He is powerful as Dr. Manhattan, perhaps more-so as he brought back an entire universe.

## Appearances

* *Justice League War Abridged* (mentioned)
* *Justice League Doom Abridged*
* *Suicide Squad Abridged 2: Ticket to Heck*
* *Young Justice Abridged*
	+ "Shadow Boxing"
	+ "Unusual Suspects"
	+ "Eyes of Fate"
	+ "Injustice"
	+ "House of Cards"
	+ "Identity Crisis"
	+ "Seeing Red"
	+ "Father's Day" (hologram, no lines)
* *Court of Owls Abridged*
* *DC Abridged Confidential*
* *The Judas Contract Abridged* (unproduced)

## Trivia

* In the cancelled finale of the series, Alfred is revealed to be more powerful than Dr. Manhattan.