Black Hat

Black Hat reading a newspaper.

Black Hat is the main villain protagonist of the TV/web series *Villainous* and the overarching villains of several universes in the Cartoon Network multiverse such as Adventure Time, Regular Show, Samurai Jack, and many others. He shares this same aspect in the Aetherverse as the CEO of the Black Hat Organization which aids villains throughout the omniverse.

## Personality

Black Hat is extremely manipulative and sarcastic, and enjoys causing pain towards others. He also seems to be very petty, lashing out at anyone who defies him. In addition, he also has a short fuse and seems to only tolerate the other members of the organization.He has a massive ego, looking down on other villains he feels are inferior to him, though this might be for goodbye reason as his organization is built on helping inferior villains.

## Powers and Abilities

Black Hat is an enigma in all aspects. He is rumored to be one of the most powerful villains to ever live, but not only have few of his feats actually been seen but he tends to do avoid petty conflicts at all times, only using the bare minimum of his abilities when the time actually calls for it.

All of Black Hat’s abilities are unknown but include shape shifting, size manipulation, longevity, pyrokinesis, laser vision, black magic, portal creation, time manipulation, dimensional travel, reality warping, shadow manipulation, and telekinesis. Another passive power of Black Hat’s is to drive those around him insane due to his demonic presence. He’s been shone to do this to several members of the Black Hat Organization, however the reason his employees haven’t gone mad is unknown.

## History

### Clash With the Sorcerer Supreme

Doctor Strange once fought HIM, the Lich, And Black Hat on Ooo when his friend Simon Petrikov attempted making a deal with the latter to bring back his love Betty who hadn’t been consumed by GOLB, the living embodiment of entropy in the Adventure Time universe. Doctor Strange defeated HIM and the Lich with relative ease but struggled to subdue Black Hat, only managing to do so because of Black Hat’s submission for unknown reasons. This battle put such a strain of Strange’s body that it put him in a comatose-like state where he was unable to act during Infinity War, leaving him with a great deal of regret.

### Escape From Hell

Through his various villainous connections, Black Hat was able to acquire the assistance of Dick Dastardly who stole the Necronomicon from Ash Williams after the events of IW and tricked him into summoning him from Hell along with Hunson Abadeer and Tom Lucitor.

### Star Allies

Black Hat was partially involved with the events of Star Allies, providing resources and subordinates for the antagonist of the event Hyness. Hyness was under contract and tied to the Black Hat Organization, but other than providing the services of his agents Flug and Demencia, he had zero direct involvement with it.

#### Trivia

* It’s said that those who say his real name die instantly.
* The Black Hat Organization has a strict "submit or die" policy when providing services to villains. Some villains serving under the BHO include Aku, Anti-Pops, Jasper, Professor Venomous, En Sabah Nur, and Hunson Abadeer.
* Black Hat is actual responsible for the existence of the Bermuda Triangle on Earth. He just finds it humorous for sailors and pilots to get lost when they're anywhere near him.
* Black Hat's anger indirectly causes Mount Vesuvius to erupt in 79 A.D.