Angel Rojas

*Now that you two are acquainted,bring me this Batman,whoever he is.*
―Rojas declaring his number one priority.[src]
**Angel Rojas** is one of the deuteragonists for *The Batman* and was the head police chief of the Gotham City Police Department during the time of the Batman's first appearances in Gotham City.

## Angel Rojas

### Affiliation

BatmanEthan Bennett
Ellen Yin
James Gordon

## Appearances

### Portrayed by

Edward James Olmos (*The Bat in the Belfry*)Jesse Corti (Onwards)
Thierry Murzeau (French)
Mario Scarabelli (Italian)
Reinhard Scheunemann (German)

### Final appearance

*Night and the City* (full final appearance)*The Apprentice* (final chronological appearance)

## Physical Appearance

Rojas is an overweight man who wears the traditional green GCPD uniform. His belt has a holster which contains a pistol. He has black hair with a few white streaks and a black moustache. He wears a hat occasionally. He wears a white shirt,a tie,and green pants underneath the uniform.

In *Fire & Ice*,he wore a black tuxedo and hat.

Rojas wearing his hat.Rojas' casual off-duty appearance.Rojas wearing a tuxedo.Rojas in Ethan's nightmare.
## Personality

Rojas is very arrogant and would only listen to himself. He is also very biased,sticking firmly to his beliefs even when they never make sense. He is willing to take extreme measures to get the task he is on done.

## History

For Rojas, he carries a very unfavorable view of the Batman and firmly believed the vigilante represent the worst aspect of the criminal element. Believing there is no room for vigilante justice in Gotham, Rojas has made capturing the Batman a top priority. He assigned Ellen Yin and Ethan Bennett to capture the vigilante. However, his pursuit of the Batman had put him at odds with Detective Ethan Bennett, who is a supporter of the Batman.

In *The Rubberface of Comedy*, he ordered a zero tolerance policy against Batman, Joker and all other villains ("freaks") in Gotham City. Detective Ethan Bennett disagreed with this and sided with Batman which resulted in him getting pressure by Rojas to choose sides. Rojas also made Batman public enemy number one, which angered the Joker and resulted in him capturing Bennett and turning him into Clayface with the substance he called Joker Putty. After the Batman defeated Joker and rescued Ethan,Rojas gave all the credit to the GCPD in an interview with the news. Ethan,however,disagreed and claimed it was the Batman who saved his life. Rojas,angered by that,suspended Ethan.

In *The Clayface of Tragedy*, Bennett, now the villain Clayface,takes revenge on Rojas by capturing him and planning to kill him,but Batman and Yin intervened and saved Rojas.

In *Riddled*,he attempted to follow Yin to capture Riddler,despite Riddler warning him not to do so. As he did not heed his warning,Riddler accelerated the van Yin was in and aimed a course for a pillar of a bridge. After Yin and Batman defeated Riddler and delivered him to the GCPD,Riddler tried telling Rojas Yin works with the Batman,but Rojas did not believe him.

In *Meltdown*,he was attending Ethan's trial and was frustrated that Ethan was let free. He later was seen purchasing goods in a mart. Ethan saw him and freaked out,so he resorted to shapeshift himself to someone else until Rojas was gone.

In *Fire & Ice*,he and the entirety of the GCPD were frozen by Mr. Freeze. After Batman defeated him and Firefly,most of the cops began to appreciate the Batman as a hero. Rojas however,still detested him.
In *Strange Minds*,Rojas interrogated Joker to make him tell where he hid Yin. Joker did not comply no matter what he did,so Hugo Strange decided to enter his mind to find her.

In *Night and the City*,Rojas made a promise to all of Gotham that he is going to capture the troublemaking trio of villains Joker,Penguin,and Riddler,plus the Batman. He organised the cops to be ready. He then caught Yin conversing with Batman via the Batwave,so he broke her communicator,swiped her badge,and took her hostage to bait the Batman. Batman saved Yin,and the two ran away from the cops. They then defeated the villainous trio. Rojas then was about to arrest her until James Gordon interferred. He let her go and told Rojas to give her the badge back.
Afterwards, he makes no further appearances,and it is not explained if it is due to him being transferred, fired by Gordon, he resigned or simply was permanently forbidden from prying into Batman's investigations.

In 2027 in a possible future,Ethan replaced him as the chief of the GCPD.

## Relationships

#### The Batman

For Chief Rojas, The Batman is nothing less than a black eye to his police force. Believing there is no room for vigilante justice in Gotham, Rojas has made capturing the Dark Knight a top priority. He would not take hesitance for an answer,as he suspended Ethan after saying it was actually Batman who saved his life rather than the cops,and he arrested Yin when he found out about her involvement with Batman. Even though everyone in the GCPD warmed up to the Batman as season two progressed,Rojas still detested him. He would also regularly call Batman a freak,just like the other criminals.

#### Ethan Bennett

Rojas and Ethan did not get along well due to their varying views on the Batman. Ethan actually believed the Batman is good for Gotham. Rojas eventually stressed him to choosing to be with the Batman or the GCPD. The stress combined with Joker's torture and putty turned Ethan insane and transformed him into Clayface. Ethan then had a deep grudge against Rojas and attempted to kill him. This hate was not one-sided,as Rojas eventually admitted he did not like Ethan,and he was even frustrated when Ethan was let out of Arkham.

#### Ellen Yin

Rojas has always viewed Yin as one of his best cops. Yin would follow his orders to the letter,especially when it was about bringing in the Batman. All of this changed,however,when Yin formed a secret alliance with the Bat. Unbeknownst to Rojas,Batman was Yin's new partner. After discovering their partnership,Rojas swiped her badge,broke her Batwave communicator,and arrested her. After she and Batman ran from the cops and stopped Penguin,Riddler,and Joker,James Gordon released her,gave her back her badge,and called her a hero,much to Rojas' annoyance.

#### James Gordon

Rojas and Gordon did not get along,due to Gordon having the exact opposite views of Rojas about Batman. Rojas,however,could not do anything about it,as Gordon had a higher position.

## Appearances

### Season 1

* *The Bat in the Belfry*
* *The Rubberface of Comedy*
* *The Clayface of Tragedy*

### Season 2

* *Riddled*
* *Meltdown*
* *Fire & Ice*
* *Strange Minds*
* *Grundy's Night (deleted scene only)*
* *Night and the City*

## Trivia

* Chief Rojas was voiced by Edward James Olmos for his first appearance. However, for the remainder of the series, the character was voiced by Jesse Corti.
* Rojas is one of the few characters to get recast,with the others being Bane,Hugo Strange,Basil Karlo.
* Rojas seems to be a combination of Detective Harvey Bullock and Commissioner Gillian Loeb from *Batman: Year One*. He's physically similar to Bullock and has Loeb's characterization of hating the Batman, wanting to arrest him at all costs, and being a bad boss who does very sketchy things.
* He has an American-Latin accent and may be hispanic.
* Donny thought of pranking the chief in season three while holding a doll resembling Rojas. This could mean he was not fired,rather he might simply now have more restrictions and supervision by Gordon.