Doctor Man-Hat-Ted

***The Storyline***
*This article contains information revolving around the WDb channel storyline.*

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**Doctor Man-Hat-Ted** is a multiversal variant of Ted Kendrick in the Watchtower Database storyline.

## History

### Origin according to Bob

Ted once got a dope new hat and started destroying reality. He was like the dude you knew in high school that thought he was king shit just because he got the new Jordans from his dad who was trying to win him over after divorcing his mom. But see Ted always had the power to destroy reality he just didn't have any interest in it until he put the hat on. He's still a pretty chill chap though for a multiversal cosmic destroyer

### Before Ted's Change

* Summer 1993, Superman & Batman Magazine debuts
* September 13th, 1994, The Batman Adventures #25 releases
* September 27th, 1994, DC Comics publishes The Batman Adventures Annual #1
* Spring 1995, Superman & Batman Magazine concludes
* April 25th, 1995, Ted Kendrick buys The Batman Adventures Annual #2.
* September 6th, 1996, Ted Kendrick watches the Superman: The Animated Series debut "The Last Son of Krypton" in his childhood home.
* November 20th, 1996, Batman & Robin Adventures #15 releases
* January 15th, 1997, Batman & Robin Adventures #16 releases
* Spring 1997, Adventures in the DC Universe #1 releases.
* April 23, 1997, Ted Kendrick reads Batman & Robin adventures #19 on his southern parents upholstered davenport.
* October 4th, 1997, "World's Finest" brings Batman and Superman together for the first time as if The Batman Adventures #25 never occurred.
* May 9th, 1998, Ted Kendrick watches "The Demon Within" on Kid's WB in his childhood home.
* September 9th, 1998, Ted Kendrick holds Batman and Robin Adventures #15 side by side with Batman: Gotham Adventures issue #6, appreciating the flow of story telling from one issue to the next.
* September 14th, 1998, Ted Kendrick watches "The Ultimate Thrill" on Kid's WB in his childhood home.
* September 18th, 1998, Ted Kendrick watches "Cult of the Cat" in his childhood home.
* February 6th, 1999, "In Brightest Day..." first airs
* November 17th, 2001, "Secret Origins Part I" first debuts.
* Summer 2002, Justice League Adventures #6 releases
* July 2004, Ted Kendrick purchases a copy of Modern Masters vol. 3: Bruce Timm on it's first day out. Unfortunately, his loyalty discount doesn't apply to non-comic purchase, and thus he must pay full price. His hands are adult sized despite being 13 years old.
* September 4th, 2004, Ted Kendrick watches "Fearful Symmetry" on Toonami in his new home.
* November 2004, Justice League Unlimited #3 is released
* January 7th, 2005, Bruce Timm pens The Peanuts Time Post on the ToonZone Forums
* June 4, 2005, Justice League Unlimited's "Double Date" debuts.
* February 16th, 2006, Justice League Unlimited's "Dead Reckoning" airs
* August 1, 2017, Ted Kendrick recieves a digital version of Back Issue #99 accompanying his physical order.
* August 14, 2017, Ted Kendrick watches Batman and Harley Quinn at his apartment.
* June 2018, unbeknownst to James or Mattie, Ted is seemingly present during the finale to the Mystery of the Batwoman timeline. Perhaps in the script?
* March 16, 2019, Ted Kendrick talks to Adventures in the DC Universe artist John DeLaney at Emerald City Comic Con in Seattle, Washington about his time drawing that book.
* March 29th, 2019, "Justice League vs. The Fatal Five" releases.

### Man-Hat-Ted's Search for Truth

Somehow, between March 29th and May 19th of 2019, after having played Man-Hat-Ted in a video or two, Ted changed. While in the process of a personal crisis inflicted upon him by Mattie and James in hopes he would learn that "continuity isn't infallible. That no matter how hard you try you're never going to get everything to work 100%.", Man-Hat-Ted went rogue. Mattie and James had put him in The White Space to reach those aims, but he somehow broke free and began to to gather alternate James Streckers and Mattie Savannah Pahls to find the truth.

Each time, as seen in The INSANELY COMPLETE History of TITANS & DOOM PATROL! (DC Universe Year 1), Man-Hat-Ted refused to accept the conclusions Mattie or James would come to in regards to continuities imperfections. It was a discovery he had to make for himself, and once he did (in The DC Animated Universe's Continuity is Beyond Saving!), things finally left Mattie and James' control. Man-Hat-Ted looked inward for the answers, observing the fabric of space and time, only to find more and more questions to answer. More problems to solve.

This climaxed in Doctor Man-Hat-Ted tracking down the most DCAU focused versions of James and Mattie, who he placed in a courtroom to decide whether Batman and Harley Quinn is canon to the DCAU or not or else have the planet flung into the sun. During this affair, the James and Matties of the multiverse invade the court room, only to be returned home with their worlds now restored to their proper places. Before the final decision was made clear, Man-Hat-Ted was killed by a Synthoid.

## December 2019

Not much is clear about Doctor Man-Hat-Ted's whereabouts this month, especially given his death at the hands of The Synthoids, however he does mention it in DC ANIMATED MOVIE UNIVERSE Viewing Order By On-Screen Dates! ("Flashpoint Paradox" to "Hush") and states "Nothing Ends. Nothing Ever Ends."

## Appearances

* DC ANIMATED MOVIE UNIVERSE Viewing Order By On-Screen Dates! ("Flashpoint Paradox" to "Hush")
* The INSANELY COMPLETE History of TITANS & DOOM PATROL! (DC Universe Year 1)
* The DC Animated Universe's Continuity is Beyond Saving!
* Trauma, Splicers, and Mad Love - The ENTIRE Origin of One Harley Quinn
* Will the MULTIVERSE Ever End? The Massive DC Animated Crossover Map | WDb Story Finale, Pt 1 *(Mentioned)*
* DC's Biggest Secret: The POISON IVY Clone Theory Explained
* Batman and Harley Quinn: WILL IT CANON? DC's Most Divisive Film | WDb Story Finale
* The Teen Titans Finale is Perfect, BUT... *(Cameo)*

## Trivia

* Doctor Man-Hat-Ted’s appearance, name, and personality is a clear reference to Doctor Manhattan who was created by Alan Moore and Dave Gibbin for the DC maxiseries Watchmen, who in himself is a reference to the classic Charlton and DC superhero Captain Atom.
* Doctor Man-Hat-Ted may be a fan of Legacies of the DCAU, having referenced it in "The DC Animated Universe's Continuity is Beyond Saving!" ("Anyone with that kind of release schedule should be ashamed of themselves") and brought it up again (Scary Things) during the Batman and Harley Quinn trial. This could also be because, to some degree, Doctor-Man-Hat-Ted is Ted Kendrick.
* Doctor Man-Hat-Ted bears similarities to Amazo. He proclaims "I looked inward for the answers, until the mirror cracked." in Batman and Harley Quinn: WILL IT CANON? DC's Most Divisive Film | WDb Story Finale, a reference to the title of Justice League Infinity's story. And Man-Hat-Ted being surrounded by the Multiverse versions of James and Mattie is meant to mirror Amazo being surrounded by the Green Lantern Corps in Justice League Unlimited's "The Return".
* It is unclear how Man-Hat-Ted secured 4 judges, and Kurt (who refers to him as both "Lord" and "Master") within the span of less than 2 months, but given how that went, I can't imagine the vetting process was all too thorough.
* That’s a really cool hat and that’s a fact.
* Man-Hat-Ted has been shown wearing 2 different hats.
* Had Mattie Savannah Pahl (Horror) worn their Jason Voorhees costume, they would have defeated Man-Hat-Ted first. Even though Jason Takes Manhattan may have continuity errors, Jason Takes ManHatTed is still canon.
* Man-Hat-Ted is not evil

## References

1. ↑ DC ANIMATED MOVIE UNIVERSE Viewing Order By On-Screen Dates! ("Flashpoint Paradox" to "Hush").
2. ↑ Watchtower Database on Twitter.