Shriek Is A Careless Fool | Batman Beyond 

I know a guy who is a novelist and and he said that he had a character who specializes in sounds. The reason he made such a character was because Shriek. He said and I quote “I have never seen anyone make sound look so badass.

If there was a Batman Beyond game, I can easily imagine Shriek being the hardest boss or one of the hardest bosses

Normally when a character has sound powers it's usually just a powerful scream. Shriek was an example of just how versatile sound powers can be. He wasn't just someone what could burp out a blast of force, he was an engineer who knew every way to use sound to his advantage.

"They could change the world" To quote a spiderman villain: "I don't want to cure cancer, I want to turn people into dinosaurs!" Because said villain had perfected a method of genetic engineering to the point where he could alter a person's DNA and vary much could have cured cancer, genetic defects, ect. but chooses not to because he doesn't want to, same for most villains.

I love the scene where he and Terry chill and eat pizza together. When Terry makes himself suspicious, in an instant Shriek tries to split his head open. The whole thing is just hilarious.

Shriek would make a great Daredevil villain.

One think about Shriek is that after Powers rejects his demolition idea and asks him to become an assassin instead, he takes exactly zero persuasion. Not the only villain in Beyond to go from a respectable job to attempted murder in a day, but you'd think he'd have enough self respect as a man of science to push back even just a little bit.

I really enjoy how creative they got with the variety of ways they could utilize Shriek’s sound gimmick. Compared to Shocker who only uses his guantlet a for concussive force

A scene that always stuck with me was Shriek's assitant Ollie basically using the pleasure causing tuning rod to uh...it's logical if not pg-13 conclusion, with Shriek rolling his eyes and turning off his hearing aids to stop hearing Ollie's moaning. I genuinely would not be surprised if Shriek holds this 'indignity' against Batman, having to degrade himself working with people like Ollie who doesn't 'get' what he's doing but he needs the extra hands, and the only thing he can offer is gratification with tools that could change the world.

If Shriek became deaf far earlier and made the Deafphones I think he would have faired better than a demolition sound suit

A video essay about a Sound-Based Villain being followed up by one about a character whose very laugh can make people go INSANE! How fitting!

A thing I loved about Beyonds designs was some of the villians designs. Be it Spellbinder or Shriek, the costumers were so cool.

I like how “splicing” remains a background part of this world’s culture and wasn’t just a one episode fad. It makes the world feel more organic

The sound blasters aren't so practical, but I can see a few good uses for the sound masker. Covert ops, construction, meditation... Really liked the Babel episode. It was serious subject matter showcasing how dire it is when a deranged supervillain delivers the ultimatum of 'Hero must surrender to me or I kill X number of people' but also kind of funny hearing everyone talk gibberish, even Bruce. Reminds me of another villain who could warp the very inferred meaning of speech, so everything anyone said to each other had a negative slant.

Ya know what's funny, I can't help but see Ultimate Echo Echo when looking at Shriek. Just think about it?

Power's true superpower was the ability to come up with sick-ass villan names on the spot.

I wonder if that section of Old Gotham is the only portion of the city that survived the near apocalypse of 09, I'm surprised that area wasn't put under the protection of a historical society.

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Shrieks callous nature is on full display when he tries to murder Terry in his pizza delivery boy disguise and late the even younger Dagh down in the tunnels. Not only does he have no qualms about killing, but factor his age into this: Shriek is a grown adult. Dagh was a run-away kid, and Terry the pizza delivery boy was a teenager. That's some especially cold-hearted ruthlessness.

Looking forward to the video on Shriek; easily the one villain from Batman Beyond that I could see going against other DC Heroes.

Shriek: C'mon Bruce....Jump....yknow you want to! Bruce: THATS NOT MY NAME!!!

Shriek's costume looks a lot like a alien from Ben 10

Shriek is by far the best batman beyond villain IMO, so creative

Gotta be honest I find it hilarious that Bruce Wayne refers to himself as Batman in his mind. I'm pretty sure Superman would refer to himself as Clark or Kal-El.

0:20: Gotta adore Alex Ross' art. Never even thought of associating him with the Shocker myself. Am more of an Electro guy. 1:04: You sure? There should be a sound-based villain in old Batman mythos, and there's also the likes of Sonar. 1:27: Powers has a point there, but come on, weaponized sound does make for covert destruction easily excused by flimsy construction. And think of the taxes reduced because of such. 2:05: Surprisingly, TV Tropes puts justifiable fault against Bruce here via "Informed Wrongness". It says thus: *"Powers trying to tear down the Historical District may be for his own personal gain, but Bruce only wants the place unharmed for sentimental reasons. As we've seen when Bruce and Terry explore the district, it has become so rundown that nobody appears to even live there anymore."* Besides, the place will inevitably be torn down after Bruce and maybe even Terry pass on. That I can gladly accept. 3:17: This becomes jarring when we reach the Return of the Joker movie, where he has another revamped look. 3:56-4:19: And yet it's because of this grit that we love and remember the show. Not even Static Shock is this fondly known, what with it semingly treating homelessness/schizophrenia ("Frozen Out") and gun safety ("Jimmy") in a noticeably childish, for lack of better terms, fashion... I don't hate that show, but boy, do I notice campy elements that make it feel less like the DCAU, and more like X-Men/Spider-Man: The Animated Series. So, what do you guys and gals think of the "Bruce Wayne is the mask of Batman" interpretation for the episode "Shriek"? 4:55: Matches Malone is one tough act to follow. 5:36: Guess Derek's dad, Warren, taught him a lot about Lex Luthor and less about Edwin Alva. The soundless sequence really doesn't feel out of place for a show like Samurai Jack. Love that show for unforgettable spectacles like the "everything is bathed in light but the villain" sequence for Chapter XL - "Jack vs. the Ninja". (And yes, I actually am still a fan of Season 5, regardless of its flaws and redundancy with the IDW comics in mind.) That's what I like about Batman Beyond Vol. II issue 5 - "Perfect Pitch". It neatly fits as an interquel for S1E10 - "Shriek" and S2E12 - "Babel", plus it shows off the hearing device that the villain uses in future appearances in the end of the comic. Now that's continuity neatly fleshed out in side material, not unlike Gotham Adventures issue 4 explaining Catwoman's new look and estrangement from Batman, The Batman and Robin Adventures issue 15 and Gotham Adventures issue 6 explaining the man who would become Deadman, Superman Adventures issue 3 explaining why there's a Brainiac on the Fortress of Solitude's Krypton orb (although there is a later continuity clash in Superman Adventures issues 22-23, where said Brainiac does his dramatic uprising), and so on. 8:27: Almost got 'im with Batman's identity there, and why does the assistant look like a descendant of Dr. Milo? With The Batman Adventures 1992 issues 4-5 in mind, Scarecrow did the Babel plot first. Sorry, Shriek. 9:14: If I were Batman (or Superman in "Legacy"), I would have LOVED to torment these naysayers and critics afterwards. I'm a good man, but I am an undenying proponent of paying evil unto evil. I really wonder how Shriek survived that building. Quite a riddle not unlike how the Riddler recovered from his end state in B: TAS' "What Is Reality?". 10:16: Who's voiced by Hogarth Hughes from The Iron Giant and the older Tim Drake in Static Shock's "The Big Leagues" and Batman: Mystery of the Batwoman. 10:27: Heh, dude, blinking won't make us miss seeing the guy. And really, those black and white sequences for "Epilogue" better be a GunBuster Episode 6 love letter. 11:01: I know. Even the other tie-in comics fleshed out certain characters quite well. Can you believe Superman Adventures issue 24 revealed that the Parasite was actually romantically involved with the Wiccan Rainsong of S: TAS' "The Hand of Fate"? 12:53: Three things I have to say about Jack parenthesis The Creeper closed parenthesis Ryder - 1) Good thing he reappeared in Gotham Adventures issue 58 - "Crazy Talk", though at the expense of poor Arnold Wesker who should have been cured from Scarface; 2) wish he got a voiced spotlight in Justice League Unlimited, and; 3) the guy sure is proof that, no, falling in the same acid bath as the Joker ACTUALLY does not AUTOMATICALLY turn you into another dreaded Joker.

I haven't seem it yet but I'm exited for the video. Shriek is one of my favorite BB villains. Just like the title says, he's so smart but so freaking stupid.

I really like this character, Shriek was a worthy addition to Terry's rogues gallery. It takes a lot to scare the radioactivity out of Blight in your first scene. Shreeve, Spellbinder and Ian Peek really were the closest to defeating Terry for good. Apart from a cool design and the writers' efforts, Chris Mulkey's performance helped make the character badass, too. Good video, sir. Always a pleasure. I had a bad afternoon at work today and watching this was a major pick me up. Thank you.

I recently saw a RU-vid video of a kid and his prosthetic arm where he shows it off, subsequently dislocating it at the elbow region. This highlighted how technology for medical purposes has obvious limitations and it shouldn't be rushed, as it could lead to disastrous oversight. Same principal applies for Man-Bat, Lloyd Ventrix, Anthony Romulus and Shriek. Their achievements (and for Ventric and Romulus, their tools) would have been better had they not rushed into immediate practical application. Then again, curing disability resulting in supervillain is a trope that should be treated more tastefully.

Shriek's method of driving Bruce mad - the voices in his head - is eerily similar to the graphic novel _Dark Victory._ *SPOILERS FOR DARK VICTORY* In it, Alberto Falcone, while under house arrest, starts hearing the voice of his deceased dad Carmine, only for it to be revealed that it was Calendar Man using a combination of a microphone in a hidden room in the house and Scarecrow's fear toxin mixed in his cigarettes. I almost wouldn't be surprised if it were an influence.

Shriek was my favorite of the show, his design, his gear, all super cool.

You'd think a sound themed villain would have the foresight to record Powers contacting him to whack Bruce.

FINALLY MY SECOND FAVORITE BATMAN BEYOND VILLAIN INHAVE BEEN WAITING FOR ON THIS CHANNEL!

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the bit with ollie and the... definitely-just-an-advanced-tuning-fork caught me off guard when i saw it for the first time. anyway it's easily one of my favorites and it's the last traditionally animated episode iirc which is really cool.

Babel is one of my favorite episodes. You get to see how bitter Bruce has become and how protective he is for Terry. The city doesn't deserve Terry or his sacrifice.

Honestly seeing these new antagonists in Beyond makes me want to see them more often. Like if they had shown up in the Arkham games I could imagine the fights with Spell Binder being similar to the Scarecrow or Mad Hatter fights I think. Not sure how Shriek’s boom box would be dealt with though.

I really enjoyed shriek's design and the episode where he makes the city go nuts is one of my favorites. Thanks for covering him 🙏😃

Speaking of Max, will you at some point do a video on her because she's kinda Terry's unofficial sidekick.

YES!!! I have been waiting for this one forever!!!!

The pizza delivery scene is a reference to Bruce Lee or the Last Dragon. They both tried the same disguise as a delivery guy.

I always thought Shriek's big chonky paws made him look like a cuddly teddy bear.

I always loved this guy’s sleek design and vibe.

am I the only one who thinks Shriek looks like a Galvanic Mechamorph from ben 10?

There's a soft spot I have just for Shriek, dude inspired my OC to use sound based tech.

I read the title as “shrek is a careless fool” and was completely confused when I saw the thumbnail

I loved Shriek! He was, indeed, an intelligent fool.

7:34 The guy next to Shriek looks like me, i wonder if that was intentional

This whole episode showed to me just how deeply small-minded, shortsighted, pathetic and ultimately dull Derek Powers truly is as a person. He's got this guy with amazing sound manipulation technology; sure, dynamite may be cheaper, but Shriek's tech doesn't need to be replaced after every single use. And since Powers is already a heartless businessman, he could very well sell this tech for military use. Anyone who read anything Warhammer 40K can tell you that Shriek's weaponry can be revolutionary, highly destructive and lucrative. Instead, he sends this random scientist with his "impractical tech" bring down old buildings to kill a business rival. Because THAT is somehow more "practical" than actually making money out of this invention. Powers is the embodiment of the modern executives and tycoons who confuse being "practical/pragmatic" with being mindlessly inflexible, bland and callous. The exact type of people like Mark Zuckeberg and Bob Iger, who takes awesome stuff and then dumbs & dilutes it into tasteless, soulless products to be used and discarded or taken advantage in the most blatant and shameless way possible. In fact, you can see in his face and eyes that Derek is sorely and completely lacking in any deep or higher form of intellect and mentality. Much like people have described someone like Palpatine, Tywin Lannister or Roland Dagget in the past, Derek is not just a poisonous blight, but completely empty and hollow. An empty shell of a person with nothing inside but aimless greed, low cunning and petty cruelty. Even when compared to someone like Luthor (who had ACTUAL ambition and thought behind his plans, egomaniacal as he was), Powers comes off as bland for someone who was supposed to be the new Batman's arch-enemy.

Shriek was such a cool villain and his debut was an amazing episode. I legit thought my tv was broken as a kid when the sound dampeners were used, but my 5 year old brain wasn't paying enough attention the first time to realize it was intentional.

What a bunch of assholes those people are ! They first praised Batman for saving their lives. But when Shriek messed up the communication, they turned on him for no reason ! It's no wonder Terry coldly refused to accept the hand of a firefighter when he remembered that hours before they were ready to sacrifice him... Take notes, Powerpuff Girls.

My first experience with Batman Beyond was a book called Hear No Evil where Shriek was the villain.

That ending scene of Shriek realising that he was deaf has stayed with me ever since I first saw it as a kid 😟

New original villains is the difference between Batman Beyond and Spider-Man 2099.

since 2015, I have had a n awesome idea of how a Shriek boss fight can be used in a batman beyond video game. The boss fight could be quite similar to the mr freeze boss fight rom arkham city. Terry can use a series of different attacks but the same attacks cant be used twice. for example, a batarang could be thrown but Shriek can mute and amplify the sound and if the batarang is used again, Shriek can hear the batarang cutting the air and wont fall for it. A glide kick could be used but if used a second time, Shriek can hear the wind blowing as the wings fly and wont fall it twice. Also, smoke bombs and invisibility are useless against Shriek because he could still find out where you are. Why? Because he uses the sound mech in his helmet to to use echolocation to be aware of his surroundings. The sound masker can be used as well to mute everything where his footsteps could only be heard but also amplify few sounds like the soundo f explosive gel being used, the sound of batarang cutting the air, etc; he wont fall for it twice

Okay so I remember that a ton of people who worked on uaf worked on the DC animated universe. I freaking knew that ultimate echo echo looked passively familiar. Like it's very clear why they took inspirations from shriek when designing one of the better ultimates.

The finger movements at 1:51 are so fluid! Sad such a great detail is so easily missed.

I will say in favor of Shriek, the episodes with him really demonstrated how important sound is in navigating our world, whether as a warning of danger or for communication. Plus, considering there aren't a lot of sound-based villains, this was pretty cool.

I want two-face beyond now!!! 😅

Cant wait 😊

Honestly one of my all time favourite designs in the whole series

Cool, looking forward to Creeper. Closest we ever got to putting Freakazoid in the DCAU, and it was about what you'd expect. Hilarious!

I know its 90s as hell but I freaking love his destine

i never understood why bruce wanted to preserve crime alley in this episode like ik power having more control in the city would be a bad thing but i doubt in its current state its doing any good to gotham or anyone in it it seemed very selfish of bruce. letting a entier place to rot just because of his trauma.

Still my favorite batman beyond villain! Love the design and sound he has!

3:24 The TNBA Joker design always looked more like Freakazoid. Glad his Justice League and Beyond designs. Ah the days when I wanted to see Joker in Batman and other DC stuff. Not like now when he's the most overused villain in all fiction.

When he lost his hearing i got scares. I can't imagine losing your hearing entirely

love love love Where's Terry. I think Max should have suited up at some point!

I always loved Shriek’s costume and remade it for skiing in high school and college. I prefer very short skis which are better for turning but not stopping, so i integrated ice climbing axes into the hands as claws (helped a lot on icy slopes). Not my favorite character, but an awesome design and I could easily hide a helmet but utilized a clear eye piece. It was latex covered upolstery foam, so it didn’t hold up after a few seasons. But maybe I’ll remake it someday

I used to think Shriek was a lameass character and had dumb motives but he's grown on me since. His origin as a talented guy who's forced to cow to corporate management is kind of relevant. Also i definitely think there was something going on between him and Ollie. Maybe someday they'll explore that more.

I like The Marcel inspired Villuans of Batman Beyond & Shrekk i fiubd interesting because he's always not as successful as he would like to be & well does anything he can ti get sone respect for hid Genius. I like how weurd & sci fi this Rigues Gallery was ( Inque , Blight , Spellbinder , The Eart Mover , Splicers ) all very Spuder and 2099 Its funny how Sheeuk is like Shovkee 🤣 aa a Jobber

Aww... the classic GCPD HQ... Commissioner Jim Gordon.

It's a real shame that Shriek had so little appearances. By all accounts he's a fantastic villain, design, abilities, story, they're all great. Same for Ink and Spellbinder. The issue is for some reason Batman beyond didn't take off in comics to evolve the story.

Pretty sure Shriek is inspired by Shocker AND Spider-Man's Shriek, having the latter's sound-based powers, color scheme and name. People just overlook Spidey's Shriek due to her obscurity.

Shriek was one of those villains that I loved the look and theme of.

As someone who's engaged to a professional sound engineer, it's nice to see Shriek get some love.

Bruce Wayne: "Why do they always talk so much?"

One of my favorite BatMan BEYOND villians is SpellBinder who clearly took inspiration from BTAS villians Scare Crow and The MadHatter. I also really love Inque who took inspiration from ClayFace

Well, I'm happy to have learned there were more Shriek episodes. I only knew of this first appearance and cameo in JLU.

… Ultimate Echo Echo? Um… Ben? Why are you fighting Terry? Also, HOW are you fighting Terry?

3:06 Even at his advanced age, Bruce just breaks the planks so casually and with so little fanfare, you can tell the writers respected his character and what he meant to fans.

Being deaf is less of a handicap than most people think, though it takes a lot of time to adapt to. A lot of sounds above a certain decibel can be felt as well as heard. I think Shriek should have been aware of the falling building, if not the direction it was coming from.

I honestly think Shriek is pretty cool, not gonna lie. Definitely underused. When I think back ages ago to when I'd watch Batman Beyond, he's definitely one of the top 3 characters I think of. (That dude with the phasing belt being another.) He's one of the reasons I always thought it'd be fun to do a D&D mage character (wizard/sorcerer) who focused on thunder/sonic based magic like Thunderwave, Shatter, and Chromatic Orb [Thunder]. Just all the sound damage.

Hes really similar to Ultimate Echo Echo, I think same guy designed them, tho I checked that a while ago so not sure Anyways theyre both extremely awesome

Just started watching your channel, and i like what i see. I noticed that you haven't talked about Willie Watt yet. Maybe you can make a video when you get a chance.

Shriek is probably my favorite BB villain, and the one I picture being the main antagonist alongside blight in a live action movie tbh.

Hey, i've got a suggestion: Do a video on Humpty Dumpty, the version of him I saw in the comics was interesting because he himself wasn't dangerous, the issue was he had a compulsion to "fix" whatever he saw as broken, leading to it breaking and earning him the title "The Gotham Saboteur" but he wants to help, but he doesn't know enough to do things right, the danger of him, unlike other batman villains, is that the longer he is free the more things will start breaking down, but when batman finds him he doesn't even fight him, the dude willingly just goes back.

Shreak is oddly my favorite dcau villain. Wish he got to be in the spotlight more

I love the creeper and I can't wait

I feel like Shriek out of all BB villains easiest could've been the best reoccurring villain. But as you nailed on the head, BBs biggest problem is that they didn't use their villains often enough, some even only getting a single episode. Playing into the "Maybe we killed them off who knows" A little too much.

I think you got an idea there, bro. Dini & Burnett, Ty & Monica finished up Batman the Adventure Continues, perhaps a few Batman Beyond writers can Continue Terry's Adventures as well... it's be nice haha but with Caped Crusaders and the McFarland Toy line I suppose use DCAU fanatics can't get *too greedy*... but it would be nice. There's so much untapped potential in the world. I wish Epilogue was a backdoor pilot for more Batman Beyond... le sigh...

Not going to lie, misread the title as "Shrek" and was wondering what kind of crazy crossover was going on.

"dynamite is cheaper" For ONE small demolition projects maybe. but that dynamite is one use only. the price only scale up with every use of it. The suit is EVERYTHING Walter Shreeve said it would be. Say he did his speech at the shark tank THEY would have fought for the shares.

To be accurate, Terry didn't turn himself into to Shriek in "Babel." He was able to deduce Shriek's hideout and went after him to fight on equal terms (aside from Shriek having "home field advantage.") Afterwards, when Bruce asked Terry what he would've done if he hadn't figured out Shriek's location, Terry brilliantly gave Bruce a taste of his own medicine by refusing to answer the question.

I own an animation cell of shriek

We need an Ace focus episode

Shriek is a sympathetic character, but only to an extent. He wanted to save his business and his reputation. In the end, he not only lost both, but his hearing as well. However, he is very callous and won't hesitate to kill someone if they get in his way. If the writers focus more on his struggle with being deaf and learning to take responsibility for his actions (like Terry) he could have been the only Beyond villain to reform. That is ultimately the issue with most of the Beyond rogues. They do not get enough episodes to truly explore their personalities or present in a sympathetic light. The only exceptions are Ten and to a greater extent, Inque.

Man at least shocker don't blame other,s for his mistakes

What’s funny about the “dynamite’s cheaper” comment is that it arguably wouldn’t be entirely true One, the suit is entirely reusable, two it likely wouldn’t need nearly as many safety precautions as dynamite, and three because it’s personally directed blasts as compared to an explosion there would likely be far less chances of something going wrong

Shriek and Inque are the hottest villains bb gave us

I actually like that suit of his.