Mad Hatter (Arkhamverse)

Evil-doer
Full Name	Jervis Tetch
Alias	The Mad Hatter That poor, confused milliner (by Riddler)
Origin	Batman: Arkham series
Occupation	Haberdasher Neuroscientist Hypnotist (all formerly) Serial killer
Powers / Skills	Manipulation Electrical engineering Expert chemist High intelligence
Hobby	Kidnapping girls whom he sees as "Alice". Mind-controlling thugs via drugs and manipulation.
Goals	Keep "Alice" for himself. Brainwash Batman and enslave him (both failed).
Crimes	Murder Kidnapping Enslavement Brainwashing Rape (implied) Pedophilia (implied) Hacking Drug dealing Illegal experimentation Vandalism
Type of Villain	Psychotic Brainwasher

“	Down the rabbit hole you fall, where madness reigns from wall to wall...Through the rhyming words we tumble, where villains toll and psyches crumble.	„
	~ Mad Hatter in Arkham Knight, luring Batman into his "Wonderland".

“	Oh, are you not going to drink your tea? It's special tea. My special tea. My specialty...	„
	~ Mad Hatter

Jervis Tetch, better known as the Mad Hatter, is a recurring antagonist in the Batman: Arkham videogame series, serving as a minor antagonist in both Batman: Arkham City and Batman: Arkham Origins, and the main antagonist of Batman: Arkham Knights The Season of Infamy DLC Most Wanted mission Wonderland.

He is a true product of insanity and schizophrenia, becoming obsessed with the story "Alice in Wonderland" and the incredible ability of controlling a person's mind through hypnosis techniques. Jervis acts as the Mad Hatter, as well as uses his mind control abilities to recreate other characters as well as kidnapping girls to make them his "Alices".

He was voiced by Peter MacNicol, who also portrayed Janosz Poha in Ghostbusters II, Renfield from Dracula: Dead and Loving It, Fenwick in Recess: School's Out!, Doctor Octopus in The Spectacular Spider-Man, X the Eliminator in Harvey Birdman: Attorney at Law. and another Batman villain, Man-Bat, in The Batman.

History

Batman's second year

Shortly after putting the Lacey Towers case together, Batman encounters three henchmen in rabbit masks, singing that Batman is invited to the Mad Hatter's tea party. After they collapse, Batman receives a message from the Mad Hatter, requesting for Batman to enter a business proposition with him. However, his attempt at recruiting Batman by a kidnapped girl desperately calling for Batman's help. Mad Hatter silenced her and told the Caped Crusader that the girl was "Alice" and that she's been through a lot recently and had promised to make her "right as rain" soon.

Batman heads to his lair in the Bowery to rescue her. Mad Hatter, anticipating the hero's arrival, then made final tests on his mind control, and discovered with glee that the devices actually work, not addressing him as "sir" aside. Batman, after taking out the brainwashed criminals, proceeded to interrogated the Hatter about the girl's whereabouts. Hatter then traps him in "Wonderland" by tricking him into looking at a clock, but the Dark Knight escapes it and yet again confronts Mad Hatter with Alice as his hostage. Batman throws a reverse Batarang at him, and then knocks him out, thus saving Alice's life and capturing Mad Hatter.

Imprisonment

Following being imprisoned, and transferred to the Asylum, Warden Quincy Sharp took a special disdain to the Hatter and had him locked up in solitary confinement, deep underground. This prolonged isolation drove the Hatter to an even deeper level of insanity. While there he was approached by Hugo Strange, who was fascinated in the Mad Hatter's brainwashing techniques. After first trying his psychological skills upon him, breaking the Mad Hatter somewhat by showing him pictures of his former victims (he himself was unable to remember killing them due to his schizophrenic episodes. He convinced the Mad Hatter to help by giving him young girls to be his new Alices, Strange managed to steal Mad Hatter's discoveries and used the mind control to keep control over Sharp himself, and then later use it to brainwash his TYGER security guards to assure their complete loyalty. Once Strange had no more need for the Hatter he had him thrown in Arkham City as just another prisoner for him to slaughter during Protocol Ten.

Arkham City

In Arkham City, the Mad Hatter returned to his old base at the hat shop and managed to use his skills to build up his gang, filling it with brainwashed prisoners taken from the other gangs and prisoners in general. He then managed to lure Batman into a trap by planting a post hypnotic suggestion in his mind of the cure. Taking him to his base, the Hatter tried to use his formula on Batman and did manage to put a mask upon him. However, Batman managed to resist the mind control, battled and took down his brainwashed henchmen, as well as eventually destroying his hat and knocking the Hatter out. Batman took off the mask and then saw many bodies of knocked out henchmen including Mad Hatter himself. Batman then exited the building to continue with his mission.

Arkham Knight

“	Welcome to my Wonderland, it's time to play a game. I'm here to make you understand what drives a man insane.	„
	~ Mad Hatter "welcomes" Batman into his Wonderland.

Mad Hatter was nowhere to be seen during Scarecrow's invasion of Gotham, even though it was claimed in one of officer Cash's recordings that he was released after the events of Arkham City. By scanning an old mask-shop in Arkham Knight's HQ, it is revealed that he's fallen even more into madness. He still kidnaps people whom he believes to be Alice, but his delusions have reached a point where he even mistakes men for her.

Realizing that Batman was his true "Alice", Mad Hatter tried to draw him out by kidnapping three police officers and hiding two of them in their cars, having rigged them with explosives first. In the third car, he put explosives as well but instead of the third officer, he left a book containing rhymed verses of Batman's past encounters with Mad Hatter in Arkham Origins and Arkham City. He also rigged the last police car siren to hypnotize Batman if he comes close. He then entered the GCPD and gave himself up, knowing that this would lure Batman. When Batman arrived he told him about the three kidnapped officers and told Batman where to find them. After Batman saved the two policemen and returned with the book to Mad Hatter, who told Batman to open it to find out where the last policeman is held. Batman opened the book and, in an illusion created by Mad Hatter, fell into the book, where he had to fight against enemies in stages which looked like the places where Batman defeated Mad Hatter in their past encounters. While fighting, Mad Hatter narrates, reading the poems he wrote about their intertwined fates. After Batman defeated all enemies and got back out of the book, in truth defeating the illusion, it is revealed that while Batman thought he was in Mad Hatters Wonderland, in truth Mad Hatter had hypnotized him to get him to kill the last police officer, whom he had formerly hypnotized to return to the GCPD. Batman grabs the Mad Hatter and locks him up in a cell at the precinct.

Victims

Victims killed by Mad Hatter

Multiple women he calls Alice Multiple citizens of Gotham Multiple GCPD officers Multiple Arkham Asylum staff Multiple Arkham City staff Multiple Blackgate staff Multiple Black Mask thugs Multiple Two-Face thugs Multiple Penguin thugs Multiple Joker thugs Political Prisoners Multiple TYGER guards Multiple Blackgate inmates Multiple Arkham Asylum inmates Multiple Arkham City inmates Many of his own thugs

Relationships

Allies

• Scarecrow (formerly)
• His own henchmen
• Hugo Strange (formerly)

Enemies

• Batman
• Batgirl
• GCPD
• Robin
• Nightwing
• James Gordon
• Aaron Cash
• Harvey Bullock
• Scarecrow
• Joker
• Harley Quinn
• Victor Zsasz
• Killer Croc
• Poison Ivy
• The Penguin
• Calendar Man
• Mr. Freeze
• Clayface
• Catwoman
• Riddler
• Two-Face
• Deadshot
• Black Mask
• Bane
• Hugo Strange
• Quincy Sharp
• League of Assassins
• Blackgate staff
• Arkham Asylum staff
• Arkham City staff

Gallery

Images

Arkham City

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The Hatter's Teaparty.

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Mad Hatter approaches Batman.

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Batman overpowers Mad Hatter to end the hallucination.

Arkham Origins

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The Mad Hatter indoctrinates his victims.

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Mad Hatter with his hostage.

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The knocked out Hatter.

Arkham Knight

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The Mad Hatter at the GCPD.

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The Mad Hatter with Batman.

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The Mad Hatter tells Batman about the hostages.

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The Hatter is defeated.

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Batman drags Mad Hatter to his cell.

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Mad Hatter is imprisoned at the GCPD.

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Videos

Batman Arkham City - The Tea Party (Mad Hatter) - Side Mission Walkthrough

Batman Arkham Origins - Capturing The Mad Hatter

Batman Arkham Knight - Season of Infamy Wonderland (Mad Hatter)

Quotes

• "Oh dear, oh dear. What have I done? Oh, that's right. I killed the Batman."
• "O Frabjous Day! Callooh! Callay!"
• "Oh, lovely! Mr. Deathstroke ! Would you like some tea? Alice?"
• "Alice? Alice? You're not Alice!"
• "When you wake up, you'll be mine."
• "You're late, Batman. Late, late, late."
• "No time to sit, no time to chat. I'm searching for Alice and I've lost my hat."
• "I cannot do it without rabbits. I need rabbits for my research. And tea. And-"
• "NO! NO! NO! It can't be Alice. Alice has nice yellow hair....and isn't in covered in blood!"
• "Welcome to my Wonderland, Batman!"
• "Greetings and salutations, Batman. I am Jervis Tetch, inventor, entrepreneur, and part-time haberdasher."
• "Tick tock, watch the clock."
• "He can, he will, he just has to leave. He can, he will, he just has to leave. He can, he will, he just has to leave. Really now, you're becoming my pet peeve..."
• "More tea, Batman?"
• "All we need now is a special new hat. Just. For. YOU!"
• "But you don't understand. I need you. I can't win without you!"
• "Alice, come out, don't pout, don't make me shout. Alice, come out, where are you?"
• "You are my soldier now, Batman. You will do anything I say."
• "There's no joke, no joke. Control your rage. The answer is there. Just turn the page."
• "Hee-hee, you found him, victim three! You're homicidal, just like me. Look back on this and you will find, how madness lurks in every mind."

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