Victor Fries (Gotham)

Deduction: Fries was able to deduce the GCPD's plan of using his wife as bait to catch him.

Cryogenics expert: Fries is a very intelligent man and was well known for his work in the field of cryogenics.

Expert engineer: Fries has shown to be an expert at creating his cryonic weaponry, as well as the exo-suit he wore during his raid on Arkham. He was also able to construct cryonic chambers in the basement of his home which he used to store his frozen victims.

Skilled chemist: Through a system of trial and error, Fries was able to perfect his cryonic formula.

Weaknesses

Above-zero temperatures: Victor can only survive in temperatures above zero degrees Fahrenheit for a few hours without his cryo-suit.

Equipment

Cryogenic Weapons : Victor Fries wields a freeze gun that can freeze anything. He also created grenades that cause icy explosions, which freezes everything within a certain distance, along with releasing icicle shrapnel. Victor also wears a pair of goggles with red lenses and a belt full of his icy grenades.

Cryogenic Power Suit: During his raid on Arkham Asylum, Victor Fries wore a special exo-suit. After freezing himself, his eyes turned deep blue and his hair completely white. He wears a gray suit created by Hugo Strange's fellow scientists.

Life-Support System: Following his suicide attempt that rendered him unable to survive above sub-zero temperatures, Victor Fries' suit was modified to help him survive in sub-zero temperatures.

Durability: The suit has metal platings in his chest, legs, arms and shoulders to protect him of being harmed when shot. Around his neck it is a high collar or rim with metal parts and a deep blue light inside, where his neck is covered by a cold steam, to keep him breathing the cold air.

Appearances

Season 2

"Rise of the Villains: Worse Than A Crime"

"Wrath of the Villains: Mr. Freeze"

"Wrath of the Villains: A Dead Man Feels No Cold"

"Wrath of the Villains: Pinewood"

"Wrath of the Villains: Transference"

Season 3

"Heroes Rise: The Primal Riddle"

"Heroes Rise: Destiny Calling"

"Heroes Rise: Heavydirtysoul"

Season 4

"A Dark Knight: The Demon's Head"

"A Dark Knight: The Sinking Ship, The Grand Applause"

"A Dark Knight: Mandatory Brunch Meeting"

"A Dark Knight: That's Entertainment"

"A Dark Knight: No Man's Land"

Season 5

"Year Zero" (mentioned)

"Pena Dura" (mentioned on map)

Motion Comic

Gotham Stories

Notes

The third live-action version of Mr. Freeze, following his appearance in the 1960s Adam West television show Batman, and then as one of the main villains in the 1997 film Batman & Robin.

He is the first version to have his last name pronounced as its actually spelt; instead of as "freeze".

This is ironically the opposite of freezing something.

As his wife is dead, Mr. Freeze is motivated to restore his body to normal.

Mr. Freeze was originally introduced in the comics as Mr. Zero in Batman #121 (February 1959) and was later given the name Freeze in the campy Adam West led Batman television series in 1966, which was then carried over into the comics in Detective Comics #373 (March 1968). The character was commonly thought to be one dimensional and ended up being killed off by the Joker during the 1980s without much fanfare. The Batman: The Animated Series in 1992 retold his backstory as Victor Fries and introduced his wife Nora where he started to become a more multi-layered character and tragic figure. This origin is a popular one and is used in many of his incarnations since Batman: The Animated Series, and led to Freeze being revived in the comics and this origin being used for him.

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