Gotham
WhileGothamplaced a great deal of focus on the evolution of Jim Gordon and Bruce Wayne , the show truly excelled when focusing on its villain . The villains provided the vivacious quirks and campy nature that allowedGothamto find its identity and gain its step . Each of them helped rear the interest in a different way of life and sometimes made the consultation want to take root for them even more than Jim Gordon or Bruce Wayne .
With so many scoundrel to prefer from , this listing has been specialize down to the most significant villains fromGotham ’s 5 time of year run . They are grade according to a combining of their posture , impact on the city of Gotham , and their pure villainy .
Updated December 28th , 2020 by Matthew Rudoy : More than a year after its serial finale aired , Gotham continues to be a smasher with many fans , specially when it comes to the show ’s gripping villains . Considering the extensive and colorful cast of villains usher in throughout the series , it is only meet to tote up more of them to this list , highlighting the ones whose cunning and minatory ways really tested Jim Gordon , Bruce Wayne , and the very universe of Gotham itself . Some of these scoundrel skin through multiple seasons while others only had a chance to terrorize Gotham for a single season , but all of them were memorable and influential in their singular direction .
Tabitha Galavan
Tabitha Galavan played an inbuilt use in help many ofGotham ’s most challenging and formidable scoundrel . She and her chum Theo Galavan hatched a dark plot of ground to avenge their Dumas ancestors . Tabitha broke several bowelless criminals out of Arkham Asylum and then murdered the single who would n’t join forces or if they were captured by the sanction . Her viciousness only grew asshe murdered Oswald Cobblepot ’s female parent , stabbing her in the back and forcing her to die in her son ’s munition . When a GCPD policeman retrieve her in a later episode , she crushed his throat and kill him with the heel of her shoe .
The Galavans ' plot of land was finally foiled , but Tabitha inhabit on as a dangerous foe who aided other villain . She ally herself with Butch Gilzean after he dubbed himself the " King of Gotham . " Tabitha ’s villainous ways unfeignedly demonstrate again when partnering with Barbara Kean as they created a nightclub known as the Sirens and ruled much of Gotham ’s vicious Hades .
Ivy Pepper
Ivy Pepper went through many transformation as a fictional character . She began as a child orphaned through tragic setting . Everything alter when Ivy was touched by Marv , an Indian Hill experimentation whose powers were like the reverse of the Fountain of Youth , age anyone he touched until they died . Ivy was only touched by Marv in brief before go bad free , which transformed her into the soundbox of a fair sex roughly a decade older , but she still had the head of her younger ego . This version of the character – played by Maggie Geha – make , moderate , and stole from much of Gotham ’s elite group through her use of a hypnotic pheromone scent made through her unparalleled knowledge of plant . Ivy also saved the nefarious Oswald Cobblepot and became an friend for him .
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After ingesting a mystical toxicant , Ivy undergo an even more radical transformation that not only changed her appearance again but also gave her the power to envenom others simply by touch on them . This version of Ivy – played by Peyton List – became an eco - terrorist . Her ability to envenom through mere touching , hypnotize others to do her bidding , and combining her mutated blood line with the Lazarus water peril Gotham in unique ways that no other villain ever achieved .
Sofia Falcone
Sofia Falcone was more ruthless and grave than her father and longtime mob gaffer Carmine Falcone . She unleash the serial killer Professor Pyg on the city of Gotham , using his brutal murders of corrupt police officers and wealthy civilians to destroy Oswald Cobblepot ’s criminal conglomerate and to take control of the Gotham City Police Department .
Serdica blackmail the good Jim Gordon andfound a way to get him under her thumb for a while . She crushed Lee Thompkins ' script with a hammer and even had her own father Carmine Falcone murdered . Unlike her founder who had a computer code of accolade and used his criminal imperium to maintain a common sense of orderliness in Gotham , Sofia only cared about power and retaliation , and she was willing to do anything to accomplish those ending .
Fish Mooney
Fish Mooney was a knock-down member of Carmine Falcone ’s reprehensible empire , but that was n’t enough for her . She nearly bring home the bacon in kill Falcone from within and becoming the queen of Gotham . Even though she lost her great power as a result of this bankruptcy and endured a serial of horrific events while trap on the island of the sadistic Dr. Dulmacher , Fish returned to Gotham with new effect behind her and killed the mob boss Sal Maroni .
expiry could n’t fend in Fish ’s way as she was resurrect , now with the power to determine others to do her bidding through touch . Her true bequest , though , was mould Oswald Cobblepot into becoming the fearsome and enduring kingpin of Gotham .
The Court of Owls
The Court of Owls was a cryptical and powerful constitution that controlled Gotham from the tail . They played an integral role inthe Death of Thomas and Martha Wayneand held sway over everything from Wayne Enterprises to Indian Hill . They even planned to pass over out everyone in Gotham in edict to " cleanse " the urban center .
Much of Hugo Strange ’s work regarding resurrection happened at the behest of the Court of Owls . They unleashed their fair share of merciless villains on the metropolis , admit the public executioner and their assassinator known as Talons . As influential and grievous as the Court of Owls were , they were only a substance to an end for the show ’s ultimate scoundrel Ra ’s al Ghul .
Nyssa al Ghul
Nyssa al Ghul wasGotham ’s ultimate big bad in the show ’s final season . When Gotham became No Man ’s Land , she ensured they remained write out off from the ease of the world and call for stair to actively harm the immobilize citizens , such as when she used Edward Nygma to destroy Haven , one of the last secure places in Gotham where destitute civilian had gathered for shelter and security .
Nyssa employed Hugo Strange and used him to resurrect and curb Edward Nygma and Lee Thompkins . She was also responsible for having Hugo Strange spell Eduardo Dorrance into the brutish Bane . With these villains and the U.S. military under her ascendance , Nyssa occur hazardously close to destroying Gotham to avenge her father ’s destruction and fulfill his vision .
Theo Galavan/Azrael
fundamentally two villains wrapped into one , Theo Galavan / Azrael garner himself a spot in the top nine despite only seem inGotham ’s second time of year . First , Theo Galavan remove political control of Gotham when he became mayor . He captured Penguin ’s mother and blackmail Penguin into killing the other mayoral candidates . Theo pass back on the deal and ultimately had Penguin ’s female parent killed in front of him . From cops to criminals like Jerome Valeska and Barbara Kean , Theo put all personal manner of Gotham ’s masses into his sack .
Even after Theo ’s death , he became a new villain as he was resurrected by Hugo Strange . Theo was made to think that he was Azrael , a vengeful warrior tied to the Order of St. Dumas . Azrael pain many people — include his own sister Tabitha — and it was only through a rocket catapult provided by Penguin and Butch Gilzean that Azrael was defeated , this time for good .
Barbara Kean
Barbara Kean ’s gradual journeying made her one of the show ’s most solid villains to view . She give up matter off with the shocking reveal thatshe killed her parentsafter a time of year of fans believe she was nothing more than a thinly acquire love interestingness for Jim Gordon .
It was when Barbara partnered up with Tabitha Galavan and originate the nightclub roll in the hay as the Sirens that she truly come became a poove of Gotham and derive into her own as a villain . The criminal netherworld trembled before her , and her strength only grew as Ra ’s al Ghul ’s successor and the novel Demon ’s Head .
Hugo Strange
Through cruel experiment , Hugo Strange was responsible for creating many ofGotham ’s fiercest villain , include Azrael and a resurrected Fish Mooney . He also lend Edward Nymga and Lee Thompkins back to life-time and implanted chips in them that allowed them to be controlled for a while by Nyssa al Ghul and Eduardo Dorrance .
In military service to the Court of Owls , Strange not only weaponize Alice Tetch ’s blood computer virus and turn it into a bomb that devastated Gotham , but he also reduce the valet de chambre who killed Thomas and Martha Wayne , the calamity that trigger the entire show .
Jervis Tetch/The Mad Hatter
Jervis Tetch was one ofGotham ’s most distorted villain . He was clearly opprobrious toward his sister Alice and frequently used hypnosis to make others do things against their will . Blaming his sister ’s death on Jim Gordon , Jervis later set up a demented teatime party where he forced Gordon to opt either Lee Thompkins or Valerie Vale , with Jervis finally shooting the woman Jim did n’t pick .
In his quest to avenge his sis ’s end , Jervis infected Mario Falcone with Alice ’s blood . This drove Mario insane to the distributor point where he nearly toss off Lee , push Jim to kill Mario and rick Lee ’s lingering honey for Jim into hate . The sore Hatter ’s insanity only amplified as he later allied with Jerome and Jeremiah Valeska , hypnotizing infinite soul in ordering to actualize the Valeska blood brother ' monstrous plans . This include hijacking a radio station so anyone listening to it would go to a rooftop and jump off at midnight .
