Hugo Strange

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Professor **Hugo Strange** (ヒューゴ・ストレンジ, *Hyūgo Sutorenji*), is both a fictional character and antagonist of the *DC* *Batman* series created by Jim Lee. He is a brilliant but disturbed psychologist with an obsessive vendetta.

He was the morally ambiguous head chief of Psychiatry at Arkham Asylum, who was driven by his keen interest of the criminal mind, secretly, an agent of the Light; and the puppet master of Quincy Sharp, via mind control drugs.

A skilled manipulator who spent years studying every hero and villain, eventually accomplishing a feat that few ever did; deducing secret identities. Armed with great knowledges and a great deals of cunning, he formed an alliance with the Light.

Outlining his plans with the Light to assume complete control over Gotham and purge its population, he also lusted to claim the secrets of immortality that they possessed for himself by proving to be a worthy successor to his new masters.

"*But you wanted to do **something**. You were filled with anger. You desired... what? A need filled you... all-consuming, all-controlling. What was it, Mr. Wayne? What was it?*"

—Prof. Hugo Strange, to Batman.

## Appearance & Biography

*Voice Actor*: Corey Burton (English), Not Known (Japanese), Not Known (Albanian), Not Known (Arabic), Not Known (Basque), Not Known (Brazilian), Not Known (Cantonese), Not Known (Catalan), Not Known (Chinese), Not Known (Dutch), Not Known (Finnish), Not Known (French), Not Known (Galician), Not Known (German), Not Known (Greek), Not Known (Hebrew), Not Known (Hong Kong), Not Known (Hungarian), Not Known (Indonesian), Not Known (Isralian), Not Known (Italian), Not Known (Korean), Not Known (Mandarin), Not Known (Norwegian), Not Known (Polish), Not Known (Portuguese), Not Known (Romanian), Not Known (Russian), Not Known (Serbian), Not Known (Spanish), Not Known (Swedish), Not Known (Tagalog), Not Known (Thai), Not Known (Valencian), Not Known (Brazilian Portuguese), Not Known (European Spanish), Not Known (European Portuguese), Not Known (Latin American Spanish), Not Known (Latin Spanish)

### Appearance

Hugo is a tall, Caucasian, completely bald head, dark brown-eyed male with a lanky body. He sports a gray beard and wears a pair of small, round glasses with tinted lenses. As the series progresses, his beard becomes longer and softer, while his build becomes somewhat muscular.

At work, Hugo Strange dons a white knee-length medical coat bearing the Arkham logo, as well as his ID badge. In addition, Hugo also wore black pants, black gloves, and black shoes.

When out in public, he dons a black turtleneck sweater and a gray suit.

* Hair Color: Grey
* Skin Color: Caucasian
* Eye Color: Dark Brown
* Age: Not Known
* Birthday: Not Known
* Height: 5'10"
* Weight: 180 lbs.

## Personality

Being an experienced psychiatrist, Hugo Strange is a cunning analyst of the human psyche. He chooses his words carefully and manages to manipulate people around him without them even noticing it.

## Relationships

### Friends/Allies

* TYGER Security
	+ Arkham Knight - Right-Hand Man.
* Mad Hatter
* Quincy Sharp
* Harleen Quinzel (former intern)

### Family

* Martha Strange (ex-wife)
* David Strange (son, deceased)

## Abilities and Powers

### Powers

* **Mind Control**: By using mental techniques, Hugo can manipulate people into doing his bidding.

### Abilities

* **Genius-Level Intellect**: He is able to single-handedly figure out the secret identities of heroes and villains alike, a feat no one else has been able to duplicate thus far.
	+ **Electrical Engineering**:
	+ **Computer Operation**:
	+ **Science**: Hugo has shown, with help from Mad Hatter, the ability to create a formula that practically hypnotizes his guards to follow all his commands.
		- **Photography**:
		- **Medical**:
		- **Psychology**:
		- **Chemistry**:
		- **Psychiatry**: Hugo is trained to physical perfection and is a brilliant psychological analyst, with extensive knowledge of psychoactive substances.
* **Deception**:
* **Business Management**:

### Weaknesses

* **Schizophrenia**: Plagued by schizophrenic episodes.
	+ **Catatonic State**:

## External links

* Prof. Hugo Strange *Wikipedia*
* Prof. Hugo Strange *DC Database*
* Prof. Hugo Strange *Batman Wiki*

## Notes & Trivia

* Prof. Hugo Strange first appeared in Detective Comics #36 (February 1940).