Hugo Strange

## Professor Hugo Strange

### Previous Education

Medical Doctorate Degree in PsychiatryLesser degrees in Biology, Chemistry and Genetics

### Occupation

Founder and Warden of Arkham City
Contractor of TYGER

### Previous Occupation

Chief Psychiatrist at Arkham Asylum and Blackgate Prison (formerly)

## Personal Status

### Relative(s)

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

### On-and-Off

The Joker* The Penguin
* Two-Face

## Powers and Abilities

### Skill(s)

Manipulation
Genius intellect
Knowledge of psychology

## Portrayals

### Voiced By (Foreign)

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Prof. **Hugo Strange**, is both a fictional character and antagonist of the *MDC's* *Captain Batman* series created by Joe Simon and Bob Kane. He was the brilliant chief psychiatrist, skilled manipulator, and secretly, an agent of the Cabal Light.

Prof. Strange operated out of both Blackgate and Arkham, with an interest to learning about the criminal mind, eventually spent years studying and accomplishing a feat that few ever did, deducing the identities of both good and evil alike.

Armed with that knowledge and a great deal of cunning, Hugo formed an alliance with Ra's al Ghul and his secret organization, the League of Assassins. Outlining his plans with Ra's to assume complete control over Gotham City and purge its population, Hugo also lusted to claim the League and the secrets of immortality that they possessed for himself by proving to be a worthy successor to his new master.

Manipulating political activist and Warden of Arkham Asylum, Quincy Sharp, via mind control drugs, Hugo enabled Quincy into becoming Mayor and authorized the construction and opening of Arkham City, an anarchist prison that was built in the heart of Gotham, to hold thousands of inmates and even innocent people. Forming connections throughout Gotham's criminal underworld, Strange eventually targeted Bruce Wayne in order to complete his plans to implement Protocol 10, an operation that would murder thousands and pave the way for Ra's and himself to conquer the world.

"*You are a truly extraordinary specimen. I look forward to breaking you.*"

—Prof. Hugo Strange, in an Interview Tape to Batman as he and Captain America pays respects to his parents in Crime Alley.

## Appearance & Biography

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### Biography

First gaining fame as a psychiatrist who declared that he’d fully analyzed the Dark Knight from afar, Professor Hugo Strange lent credence to his own claims by deducing Batman’s true identity as Bruce Wayne. However, his interest in the Batman turned into his greatest obsession, and he’s used his medical expertise to hatch a series of bizarre plots based around genetics and mind control in order to possibly take his place by any means necessary.

Hugo’s obligational side has left him with intermittent knowledge of Batman’s true identity, a fact that hangs over Bruce Wayne’s head – for if Bruce himself tries anything that would ever get Strange angered, Batman’s greatest secret might be revealed…

### Appearance

Hugo is a tall, Caucasian, completely bald head, dark, brown-eyed male with a somewhat muscular 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.

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.

* Hair Color: Gray
* Skin Color: Not Known
* Eye Color: Dark Brown
* Age: Not Known
* Birthday: Not Known
* Height: 5' 10"
* Weight: 180 lbs. (82 kg)

### Attributes

* Trained to physical perfection.
* Extensive Knowledge of Genetics.
* Obsessed with Batman.
* Plagued by schizophrenic episodes that leave him confused and dangerous.

## Personality

Prof. Hugo Strange was one of the most brilliant psychiatrists throughout the entire world, but that fact was disturbed by his unstable ego and maniacal mind. Hugo was very dedicated to understanding the workings of the human mind and believed that the only way for him to achieve infamy and power was to use that new-founded knowledge to control the mind. In his quest to learn the full aspects of criminology, Hugo was unethical and willing to dispose of anyone to his grand manipulations and treated his patients callously.

Hugo dominated Catwoman, Mr. Freeze and the Mad Hatter during their therapy sessions with bribery or blackmail and forced them to relive their painful past experiences to satisfy his own thirst for knowledge. Hugo used that knowledge over criminals who encountered Batman to learn of the Dark Knight's secret identity and employ his growing information over the criminal mind to advance Protocol 10.

When he learned that Bruce Wayne was Batman, Hugo's mind snapped completely as his ego and obsessions went out of control and he was determined to leave a legacy as a hero and Batman's successor in most regards. Hugo had a vast hatred for the criminals and the patients whom he treated, abused them regularly, and use immoral means to abstract information from their dark pasts. Meanwhile, Hugo possessed a malignant mind.

Hugo was dedicated to his work but seemed to perform his experiments with a smile on his face, which was shown by the way that he sadistically watched over the carnage of Protocol 10 atop Wonder Tower and claimed that it was "glorious" when he was confronted by Batman. Hugo had little remorse in his regards as he allowed the Mad Hatter to experiment on the Lunatics and later lobotomized them, but he claimed that they were justified as no one would remember them.

Hugo was completely obsessed with Batman, stalked him repeatedly, and used his advanced psychiatric abilities to deduce his identity.

That deranged obsession eventually grew to resentment as Batman was everything that he could never be and that created a desire within Hugo to accede Batman in every way by proving himself as his better by replicating the Dark Knight's ideals and ultimate goal; bring peace to Gotham. Of course, his methods of doing so were far more of an extreme nature, but Hugo nonetheless viewed his way as superior, repeatedly degraded Batman's no-killing-rule as the presence of criminals, believed his unwillingness to end the Joker's life was what required the drastic action of Protocol 10, and effectively placed the blame of the inmates of Arkham City's deaths on Batman.

Ever since he encountered Ra's, and he promised him to succeed him as the Head of the Demon, combined with limitless resources and even the prospect of immortality with rights to the Lazarus Pit, Hugo appeared to have accepted the philosophy of the League of Assassins. He truly believed that Protocol 10 in Gotham, Keystone, and Metropolis was for the good of the cities and that this was transparent to Ra's own beliefs. On the other hand, Hugo's goals of using the resources of the League of Assassins were extremely self-centered.

Every action that Strange made throughout Arkham City was solely to reaffirm his superiority over Batman, even if he did believe in the righteousness of what he did. The knowledge Hugo had learned through Ra's and the League and the fact that he was chosen to be the next Demon's Head in Ra's place made him more arrogant, narcissistic and downright fearless as he constantly bragged that he was "powerful" and "untouchable", while he protected himself in Wonder Tower.

Hugo gloated that he would focus on Batman's allies after the success in Arkham City, remained defiant even when he was throttled by an enraged Dark Knight, and simply stated that he had "powerful friends". The great irony was that Ra's had no plans to surrender the League to Hugo and simply viewed him as a pawn to use and dispose of for his own agendas.

Hugo was able to logically anticipate and employ protocols and procedures that were set in place as fail-safes for the failure of his plans through a long period of time that he had the capacity to foresee. In the drastic case that Arkham City would be lost to the inmates, he set in motion Protocol 10 should the need for it arises. Of course, Hugo instead controlled the gang war by exacerbating the situation by supplying both sides with military-grade weapons to fulfill Ra's purpose. Strange's arrogance did not distill his scientific mind.

Hugo was able to anticipate his defeat despite his belief that he was infallible, knew about Batman's superior skill and Ra's treacherous nature, placed Protocol 11 in hiding, and pended the off chance of his defeat. Through Arkham City and the failure of Protocol 10, Hugo did leave behind a legacy but not one that he wanted, not of a hero or the savior of Gotham, but instead of an insane, fascist madman who only left behind death and depravity.

Hugo's actions to save Gotham actually ended up furthering its doom as the City Council was eventually forced to free the unlawfully imprisoned crime lords, Penguin and Two-Face and thousands of prisoners, which quickly sped the city into chaos on the night of Scarecrow's terrorist threat until Batman put a stop to the villains' plans once and for all.

## Relationships

### Family

* Unnamed father (deceased)
* Unnamed mother

## 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**:

### Other

* **Schizophrenia**: Plagued by schizophrenic episodes.

## External links

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