The Dark Mystery Behind Zsasz in Arkham Knight... 

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This is actually an extremely well put together theory. I hope someone could someday recreate the side mission

Videos like this shows how amazing this game is. 8 years since it’s release and people are still coming up with great theories around this masterpiece.

Excellent detective work to everyone involved here. Bruce would be proud. It's wild that think that Rocksteady ended up getting that far in development for a side mission just to cut it at the last possible second. And it's even wilder to think that they could have included it in the Season of Infamy DLC later and didn't. I suppose they could claim “we couldn’t really think of a neat new way for you to combat Zsasz in Knight that wasn’t derivative of how you battled him in earlier games.” But I mean…you literally glide kick him and bop him with a batarang in Asylum. He’s a tutorial boss twice in that game. And in City, he’s a puzzle room that ends with a “Press Triangle to Fuck Zsasz Up”. They didn’t need to design much for a boss fight. Honestly, if they had just designed a room filled with hostages for Zsasz to kill and the confrontation was all done in a tense cutscene that ended with a Batclaw Disarm and a Beatdown, I’d have been happy.

Love the theory but could use a bit of tweaking. I don’t think scarecrow would want a wild card like Zsasz out ruining the pace of his plans. I would say the bribe was actually to kill him. Make it look like a failure with the helicopter. As for the side quest: Batman would, like you suggested, find victims around the city posed. The commonality between them was the use of props. The one we can find uses a fishing pole. The props can be traced back to the movie studios. That’s how Batman would track him. In the boss encounter, it’s stealth like before. You sneak your way up and choke him out.

I wish developers would let the public see unreleased ideas. Anytime I see art or concepts of ideas that never make it to the full game (like the giant clayface drawing in B:AK) I always wonder what if, and what their idea at the time was.

1. I think it’s a shame we didn’t get a final confrontation with Zsasz or Bane. 2. After being unmasked, I can hear Zsasz saying something about now needing to put two marks on his body - one for Batman and one for Bruce Wayne.

Bro turned into batman himself.

Something I would like to add is according to some background info on Victor(something I found in the wiki) he's been cutting vital areas of his body too deeply causing damage to himself so maybe that's why he was checked into the hospital.

I have been wondering what the purpose of that empty room was for so long. This theory actually makes a ton of sense. I always just assumed that the crashed helicopter was there to add atmosphere but now that you mention it, it absolutely looks like a half finished crime scene.

Victor Zsasz has always been an interesting villain to me. A true sociopath with no remorse at all, and the tally marks on his body. Cold Call Killer from Arkham City was masterfully done, and I really wish we got something with Zsasz in Knight too.

zsasz is one of my fave Batman villains, so it's finally nice to know what his side mission would have looked like. Still upset that they cut side missions, most probably because of running out of time from working on the batmobile.

I remember seeing a table in a building with a bowl of candy, and a knife stabbed into the table. The knife was the same one as the one Zsasz uses. Spooky

Victor Zsasz Side Mission Name: Redslash. a name taken from Zsasz's plotline in Knightfall. Description: Find out what Zsasz is up to in Gotham. Joker's Lines: (when you lock Zsasz up) Be careful Batsy, if a man wants to kill so badly, they don't just need a knife to slaughter. He could straggle, he could snap their necks, and then he gets another couple of scars for his collection. (after speaking to Zsasz in prison) A nihilistic killer with a penchant for scar tissue. A man after my own heart. When I'm in control, he's getting an early parole, and Gotham's getting a bloodbath!

I've been looking forward to this since you started teasing it. Not only did it not disappoint, it vastly exceeded my expectations. I've 120% the game at least 4 or 5 times, and I never even noticed the helicopter crash site. I dunno if that's exactly how it would've played out, but it is a really plausible theory with great supporting evidence. Very nicely done!

The problem with this theory is that the bridges for both island are still raised at the point of where zsasz camera footage is filmed, meaning he would’ve had to swim to both islands during his travels. Great theory nonetheless, amazing video.

I think given its similarities with the Pyg mission it was cut by rocksteady in favour of introducing the new villain. it's a shame though because I think it definitely could have worked as an extra mission in season of infamy

I actually have sort of a personal Mandela effect with Zsasz in AK. I could swear that when i first played it and scanned Zsasz at the clocktower, Batman said something about wondering where he's been hiding and that he'll deal with him later. I was shocked when I couldn't make it work on my second playthrough and couldn't find it anywhere on RU-vid. I could swear I didn't know about this cut content until much later on.

Good detective work, detective Knerd👍. I would say the reason they cut this side-mission is, because it would've been to similar to the prof Pyg side-mission. They probably decided to just go with prof Pyg, since he was a character they hadn't used yet.

Honestly when Zsasz never appeared i was kinda upset because he was one of my fav psychos in batman. Then the dlc side quests released and he still wasn’t apart of it i held out hope. Not long later i noticed someone saying he can be seen on the camera and when i saw it i was so excited…but then to have him cut from the game even tho the voicelines are already complete is extremely upsetting. I wish they would just add the cut dlc. I would give anything for it 😂

Even though this side mission was replaced with The Perfect Crime, I still think that Rocksteady could’ve included this in the Season of Infamy DLC to make it up to the fans.

Started playing Batman arkham asylum when i was six and have beat each game five times so a video like this showing what could have been is truly amazing to see. Extra note. Any time i had to play Zaszas' side mission in City I would genuinely get scared because of the music and his demeanor.

When I was playing the game back in the day, I thought this could be Deadshot because of the similarity of the helicopter going down like in Origins. This is awesome, never knew about the cut Zsasz stuff

Honestly if this is how the side mission would play out, it makes sense why they cut it, as finding a killer by investigating bodies and crime scenes is very similar to Pyg’s mission in the same game. I love Pyg and his mission, but it’s a shame Zsasz ended up getting the Bane treatment in being one of two characters to appear in Asylum and not in the grand finale.

I think the more likely option is that the Militia shot it down given that exact spot where a watchtower is. Although here’s another idea. The side mission triggers after the Stagg Airship Mission (when the watchtower normally is set up (I’ve played and watched this game way too much)). Alfred tells you about a downed GCPD helicopter on Elliot Memorial Hospital with some suspicious abnormalities at the crime scene. Batman heads over there and finds that the Militia set up a Watchtower and they’re talking about how it’s Zsasz’s last known location and how Scarecrow or the Knight wants it locked down while another strike team searches for him. Apparently because Zsasz is so uncontrollable that Scarecrow wants him out of the picture before he messes with his plans. Batman then takes out the Militia, destroys the Watchtower, then pieces together what happened.

Thats, literaly the best Batman Arkham Knight vídeo i ever seen

Dude you're a batman level detective.This is an INSANE and complex theory,awesome vid.👍👍👍

Amazing video. Beautifully edited. Not only did you show us evidence of the side mission but then you put it all together to show what it’d probably be like. Absolutely amazing.

I'm willing to bet that the firefighter and Firefly missions were supposed to be one combined mission originally, with Zsasz's mission having had the spot. But when they cut him they split up the mission, despite them being so closely connected.

I think I have a better idea for how you would get the Zsasz quest: you know how, at the start of the game, Gordon gives you information on a Riddler sighting and a strung up body? I wonder if, either as well as or instead of the strung up body, he'd also tell you of the crashed helicopter. So you go to scan the crime scene, and Batman ultimately deduces that Zsasz was in the hospital, and must have killed the final police officer. From here the side mission would be on hold for a while, until you search for Oracle with the clock tower footage, where he would see Zsasz. From here he deduces the direction Zsasz is going in, and you get the next part of the quest: to investigate where Zsasz went. Alternatively, maybe the Zsasz footage was reused for that scene when the side mission was cut, and instead there would have been a second clocktower footage investigation specifically to find out where Zsasz went after killing someone, maybe on a different screen. Building upon this, I wonder if the riddle in the final game was one of Zsasz's crime scenes during his side quest, and you figure out that Zsasz was heading for the clocktower from it

i like when creators enable Click counters on the time stamps and its allways nice to see that almost everyone skips the sponsor xD

Bruh I knew he had a cut side mission but I never thought it could be this intense. This might not be exactly what was planned but you put together a helluva story

In regards to Zsasz starting at the hospital, I personally think either Zsasz was arrested trying to kill patients leftover and abandoned from the evacuation or he was undergoing emergency treatment for severe blood loss. We know from his story he was getting weak and tired from all the new marks he carved into his body from killing rioters, and this was some point before/during the Bat-Signal being switched on at the beginning of Arkham Knight. He could have collapsed from blood loss and been picked up by police and taken to Elliot Memorial for emergency care before being sent to the GCPD for detainment. Then Scarecrow's liason bribes the cop to help Zsasz escape because it just adds one more villain to the pile for Batman to deal with, especially one as hard to find as Zsasz as he has no pattern to his killing, wearing down the Bat even further. I wish Zsasz got his side mission in Arkham Knight over Deacon Blackfire. It's probably the one sidequest in the entire trilogy that I feel should have been cut, it is done the only side mission done in a single mission and it just feels like a waste when we could have gotten either Zsasz or another character to fill the slot. Hell if they wanted a Jack Ryder mission so bad over Zsasz, they should have made it a Deadshot mission.

Would you ever comsider reaching out to someone who worked on the game to ask them what the mission was about and ehy it might have been cut?

That Batmobile dialogue is so good!! I like when Batman has a positive mindset deep down, the notion that the struggle matters. Batman would not exist, his crusade could not make sense without at least some sense of optimism.

The secret room behind Panessa's studios is the last hiding location of Clayface. A lot of old movie stuffs just like Basil Carlo loved and... clay everywhere. On the two seats near the entrance (Clayface was huge) and also on the exit door. You can see it better with detective view. Finally, you can also find clay on the boat nearby. The type of boat witch is shown on Arkham City and the only one in Arkham Knight. Or maybe Clayface used Zsasz identity.

12:25 I think Alfred would tell Bruce because Gordon goes rogue right before the oracle camera section and he drops the batphone which Bruce gives to ivy so Gordon has no way to contact Batman and even if he did,he wouldn't tell Batman about a crash ,he would tell Batman to check missing officers that were sent to retrieve zsasz .but since Alfred was scanning for the militia forces, I remember after we get a chip Oracle threw after the car crash when oracle got kidnapped .Alfred told Batman about a burning bat symbol on a rooftop . I think this because you mentioned scanning zsasz during the oracle camera segment and for Batman to know zsasz is in Gotham then get a report relating zsasz is ironic don't ya think. I think Alfred quote on quote would say:"Sir,we have reports of a burning bat symbol with a hooded figure beside it and police reports of a squad retrieving Victor Zsasz and not returning near Elliot memorial hospital". And Batman would reply with either :"Thanks Alfred ,I'll check it out " or " I knew zsasz was free in gotham, I'll check it out,thanks" obviously depending on if you scanned zsasz or not.mention this and please credit me if you discover something else or make an updated version of this theory,thanks for reading anyways

Amazing work, congratulations to everyone who helped discover all this. It's insane how we are still finding new stuff about this game years down the line!

Also when you gain access to the game files and dig deep you can go back to the mission where Batman goes to the clock tower to find Barbara and when you scan Zsazz Batman says “Zsazz, he’ll regret coming back to Gotham”

The fact that you used the asylum theme in the background makes this video’s atmosphere so much better

This game is my guilty pleasure as I find myself playing it through about once a month or so. This vid is so thorough at pointing out all these clues that connects all these missed details in the game that it's making me want to go check all these places for myself the next time I play it.

Nice theory, that hideout in Panessa is soooooo sus, ur 100% right about it tbh nice vid 💜

The many times I beat Arkham Knight. How did I not once notice him in the ClockTower Camera. Makes me want to go back and play it again lol. Love this video. This was super well put together. Every detail felt precise. I can pretty much imagine the whole thing play out in my head. Fantastic work.

Let's goooo I was waiting days for this keep up the good work❤❤❤.

Man actually became batman to solve this unfinished piece, great video dude

I can't believe there is still content that is being made about Arkham games, the best games I ever played as a kid.

For your next video you should make a wish list for the dlc playable suicide squad members. I really want slade and Azreyal to be playable in the suicide squad. I even think red hood might have a shot at being playable.

Something that supports this is when your in the clock tower after oracle is kidnapped and your looking through nearby cameras. If you skip ahead on one of the cameras you can see victor on one of the cameras meaning there would be a mission where you have to find him in the camera footage and track him down

something doesn't add up...how did Zsasz cross the bridge from miagani island to bleake island before batman even lowered them. Same also goes for how he murdered the thugs in founders island even though the bridge doesn't get lowered until later in the game. Great theory tho:)

God I’ll keep wishing every year that somehow we can get this mission added into a new update, or the very least someone mods as much as possible back in, zsasz needs to be vindicated for the great Arkham villain he is

Zsasz's interactions with the other villains in GCPD Lockup: ZSASZ: you fell from Grace like I did Dent, you're torn between Meaning and Reality would u like me to end your Misery?. TWO-FACE: how is it that I'm scarred Zsasz but you're not split down the Middle?. ZSASZ: Hello Cobblepot. Don't think I have forgotten what u did to me!!! You Fat British Midget!!! You showed me the light I must thank u for that!, you'd make a worthy victim, my blade yearns to be on your fat sweaty body my Skin ACHES for a mark PENGUIN: Oi Cash u hook handed Wanker you'll regret putting me in here with him, you're a dead man Zsasz! pity u escaped from your exhibit at my museum in Arkham City I should have fed u to my Shark or torture u like what my boys did with Ratcatcher!!! FIREFLY: Ever get the feeling people aren't dying enough Mr. Zsasz (Wheezes) maybe u should BURN People Alive or offer FREE CEREMONIES?. ZSASZ: A Tempting offer Firefly but I find Fire to be unpredictable. A Simple Cut is much easier to Control. ZSASZ: Your Riddles are nothing more than a complete waste of everyone's Time and your Methods of killing are too complex! Have u ever considered just slitting someone's throat or your own, what is the point in Riddles and Puzzles?. RIDDLER: My Creations are the Simplest Possible, Victor. I have to make them simple enough for everyone else to Understand, yet challenging enough to Reward the Truly Intellectually Capable. DEATHSTROKE: A Soulless Psychotic Nihilist with an immense body victim count.. I admire that very much. ZSASZ: you kill people for Money Wilson, My Work is Just Death. ZSASZ: The Higher Power to which you preach inspires Nothing Deacon! Only My Tapestry of Death Shows! DEACON BLACKFIRE: we must all make Sacrifices in the name of the Lord, The One true Father: God! Your Tally Mark Scars are only the Proof of Delusion. PROFESSOR PYG: (Screeches) The Higher being you kill in the name of... (Screeches) MOTHER!... we are the same! We act to make People Happy! ZSASZ: You are Disturbing and Disgusting Pyg even for this cesspit but I do see the similarities between us. AZRAEL (if he decides to kill Batman/if he's in GCPD Lockup): You're nothing but Evil in the eyes of God Zsasz, you'd be condemned to the ashes of Hell!. ZSASZ: oh please don't start with God or Hell to me there is no God or Hell!. As usual Fire Chief Raymond Underhill, Simon Stagg say nothing and Scarecrow is sitting scared exposed to his own Fear Toxin. Shame Harley Quinn and Hush weren't taken to GCPD, it would have been intriguing to have heard them interact with the other Villains wonder what Zsasz would have said to Hush and Harley Quinn also Mad Hatter (i think he was originally going to be a villain in the main game story before he was DLC) and i wonder what Zsasz would have said to Killer Croc, Man-Bat or Poison Ivy (before her heroic sacrifice and death) Zsasz's interaction with Mad Hatter: ZSASZ: your mind controling wont work on me Tetch!, good luck controlling my mind, it would be the desth of u and your hat!. MAD HATTER: will u be my Alice Victor Zsasz?. If not a Souless Nilhist psychotic serial killer has no place in my wonderland!.

Maybe the car dialog means more? Batman seems to take zsaz's talk about his victims personally, maybe originally acarecrow brought a member of the batfamily to zsaz's hideout, i think robin would make the most sense, scarecrow sends you on a goose chase after you blame yourself for robins kidnapping, and follow the symobols around the city mearly to find out there was a killer underneath your hideout all night, killing directly under your nose and about to kill another robin, this would add to the whole plot very well because you and robin were just together while you saw visions of letting jason down, and what could the arkham knight want more than to remind you of how you failed him by making you do it again. Maybe arkham knight informs you of the helicopter crash, a true killer with no justification no remorse and poses the bodies for fun? Zsaz is the closest thing to Joker left in gotham, thinknof jokers dialog here, even more of the death in the family scenes. Batman would truly be afraid if he lost Barbara, jim, tim, and his pride all in one night, and bruce woukd blame himself for his failure, he lost his touch, he's not fit to be the hero of gotham anymore, knightfall is all the more necessary if it took him this long to find robin, and with hints dropped too

Now THAT is some detective work. Good work! I'm impressed (and jealous to not have discovered all of this myself 😅😅)

Wow. The amount of effort in this video is impressive. It's definitely worth a sub.

This is one of the most strung together Arkham theories I’ve heard and I’ve heard a lot

Brooo I can tell so much attention to detail and time that went into this video and putting the video out as a whole . Great job! I fully believe the side mission was all that you said and I love how you ended it with his dialogue and how it would’ve looked . Love the arkham content 👏

The one thing I imagine probably would have played out different, if this is all indeed tied to Zsasz, is the broken neck pilot. Given that the broken neck is his only major injury, and he's the only 'posed' person, and then barely and in a weird spot it makes more sense to me that he actually survived the crash, crawled to the ledge, and the clue would be on examining him exactly what you said. That it makes no sense that his neck is broken, but he's there sitting up, so someone (Zsasz in this case) snapped their neck after surviving the crash. The way his hand is just off to the side lying open like it is, to me adds to this, as it very likely could have been that the pilot was about to use a radio to call in the crash and warn Gordon that Zsasz is loose, only for Zsasz to snap their neck to stop them before leaving and probably taking the radio. (Since he used phones in Arkham City, it wouldn't be too strange that he might speak over police frequencies using the stolen radio for a similar effect.) The killed victims you find posed even have a radio between them, that Zsasz might have spoken to Batman through when they're found.

I’ve been a fan for a while keep up the good work you’ve only been on youtube for a year and 33 K subs already and you deserve more! Hope you succeed!

If this game ever got a next-gen re-release, I’d love for this side quest to be restored, would be such a cool secret addition.

Wow this is awesome, high quality! Since this is my favourite game I've always known about the crashed helicopter but I never imagined it could've been for a side mission. This Zsasz mission would've been great but I can understand why it may have been cut. This just goes to show how detailed and amazing Rocksteady are.

Amazing theory I wonder if it being at the studio would mean robin got involved some how he’s the only one of batman allies not to get a part in a side mission obviously he’s a part in the campaign but it just didn’t feel like he was popping up as much as the others were because you got just that one chunk of him then he’s locked up. If robin was a part of the mission could have been a reason it was cut as from a certain point onwards robin shouldn’t be available for it. Also makes you wonder how many villains are around that studio like Harley was there , victor might have been, all the jokers and possibly clayface based on concept art like did everyone know that was a bat hide out was that at one point an element?

I'm actually planning on making a mod to make a full side mission out of this, I would have to reuse dialogue from Arkham City and knight the new room will be a studio because it being abandoned studio similar to Palaza studios. But the new Arkham Knight dialogue will be the beginning of the mission and then when taking the GCPD. That Dialogue will also be used the side mission icon will have tally marks with three slashes

I'm not sure i can really get behind this theory. While playing, I often had Batmobile dialogue lasting longer than the journey to the GCPD, and would wait to get out until they finished talking. I don't see how Victor would have broken through that large door to the back room at Panessa Studios. The other theory in your other video about Clayface makes more sense to me for that particular room - especially the concept art of Clayface being there. I believe you're probably spot on about the other parts of the cut mission though.

if Batman Arkham Knight would get a remastered version I really hope to see Zsasz side mission 🙏

You make great stuff. And this is probably the best one yet-those little pieces left behind are fascinating. And the way you present it all makes it perfect

Great job as always ❤

You’d make Batman himself proud with your detective work

Weren't there other helicopter crashes scattered throughout the map of Knight? I remember seeing multiple crashes.

2:35 Bro's never heard of clipping. 😆

dude! when i first played knight and got to the part where i had to scan the clock tower security footage, i saw zsasz and i totally freaked out and got excited. i really thought he would have some sort of story or mission in the game.

Only thing that I can assume from this is that the only reason why the side mission may have been cut is because of its similarity to the Progessor Pyg side mission. It would have been more interesting to have seen this side mission play out instead of Pyg's but, it is also nice to see different characters once in a while...

This was really, really well put together. I got so invested in the storyline! Well done on this

Amazing video, it makes a lot of sense, but the scarecrow symbols are in multiple locations around the map. Theres one on the lower part of the hospital beside where you restore power during the ra's dlc, theres one on the gotham herald around the corner from the pyg victim, and a few more that I've seen that idr the exact placement of rn. Overall really good theory but i dont think the scarecrow symbols mean a whole lot. I think they're just a sign of scarecrows control

Great theory. For years I always thought the GCPD helicopter was shot down by the Arkham Knight’s Militia with an RPG as it took off or the turrets they have set up on the side of the hospital that may have shot it down. Then once the cops got out of the crash, one cop dies crawling away, the second cop sitting on the left side was probably shot in the stomach and just rolled off the side. As for the cop sitting against the ledge. It looks like as if one of the Militia brutes picked up the officer and broke his neck, then he was either thrown or got slammed into the ledge, which could explain the way he was sitting.

(I just seen an ad of a person saying she felt resent and regret from loved ones, because of her drinking and stayed to herself and away from others for a long time) For anyone that feels or even been told they have drinking problems, please don't think you're a problem or that a it's a problem.. I think it's more of a limit problem like how each body isn't the same in height and weight it mostly depends on the amount it would take for a person to feel buzzed then tipsy, and then drunk(which is passed the point or limit of intoxication) If a person gets buzzed or tipsy by the second beer, they should already know that the third beer should be the last, the same as drinking liquor, if one or two shot is when they're good they shouldn't drink more or at least drink water before during and after, so it can get out of the person's system faster But if a person drinks to escape pain or what they don't wanna deal with(everyday or past days problems) they should have a drink and be somewhat constructive while drinking like a hobby or something they'll enjoy, to hopefully reduce the amount and even the amount of time they'll feel the want need to drink, cause when you're doing something you enjoy and realize you son need to feel drunk to enjoy, it can even help a person stop drinking completely. Cause growing up, the times we had fun and or good time we didn't drink and later on we didn't rely on drinking to have a fun/good time (when we turned the drinking age of 21)

While it does look clear that Zsasz was involved, the crash does look like it was going to land, specifically the back rotor breaking off the upper portion of the roof (based on how the rotor is bent vs the damage to the roof this adds up. ) Chopper does look like it went out of control and they tried to land back on the roof but couldn't and crashed into it, with one being ejected and another rolling out of the chopper dead. The one against the wall was dead on impact but was slide out by either a survivor or Zsasz to pose them. Scarecrow was likely involved in the chopper going down wanting to recruit Zsasz for his war on Batman so he bribed one of the officers to help him get Zsasz

Great theory. The developers could've put this mission as part of the most wanted pack, where we had Mad Hatter, Killer Croc, Ra's Al Ghul and Mr Freeze. Maybe since they came with Professor Pyg (that was downright disturbing) they decided that 1 mission with deranged serial killers was enough.

Can you please do a video on what happened to Oracle in the beginning of Arkham City as Alfred starts off as Batman's main contact and Oracle doesn't come in until after Batman defeats all the thugs and Penguin's titian henchmen in the Gladiator Pit. According to speculation by the gamers prior to Batman Arkham City's release, Alfred is Batman's contact in the beginning because Oracle was supposedly going to be kidnapped by Hugo Strange's Tyger guards but this hasn't been confirmed. This concept ended up being used in Batman Arkham Knight as the Arkham Knight and his Militia kidnapped Oracle so Alfred became Batman's contact for the rest of the game. And can you also do a video for how Robin was able to get in and out of Arkham City when Batman as Bruce Wayne had to get captured by Tyger guards just to get in. After Black Mask's first breakout attempt gun turrets were placed on the walls of Arkham City so anyone that tried to leave would be shot at on sight as seen when Batman flies over the wall. The Batwing was able to drop off the Batsuit and gadgets for Batman but when Robin leaves he leaps off the building so he somehow found his own way in and out of Arkham City. Probably the same one he used in the fourth issue of the Batman Arkham City Digital Exclusive comic in which Robin says he created his own secret entrance into Arkham City by going through a forgotten drainage system that connects the Batcave's underground river to a flooded back area of Arkham City and in the fourteenth issue of the Batman Arkham Unhinged comic he says he uses the Batwing to drop in under the radar while equipped with a next-gen special forces gliding suit to drop in near the Industrial District Also Mad Hatter was originally planned to be a villain in Batman Arkham Asylum that appeared in a children's hedge maze but Mad Hatter and the maze were scrapped early on in production.

I don't think you've entirely got it right, but it's still a piece of detective work worthy of Batman. Nice to see a fan theory video on RU-vid that actually uses facts and evidence.

The way he said ring ring had me Rolling.😂

This could just be a coincidence, but I was playing through the game yesterday and noticed another crashed helicopter in the area behind Panessa Studios. I wonder if it could have also been a part of this lost side mission?

Beautiful deduction my friend enjoyed every minute

I always thought it was just some thing to do with the watch tower on the roof. Guess that was what they hoped most players would think though.

We need modders to bring it back into the game this sounds so damn cool

well zsasz is visible near clock tower when looking at security footage i always guessed in the full context of literal army and scarecrow's fear gas zsasz was the low threat to take down later and since arkham knight ends with "batman's death" it was like a set up for another sequel

During reviewing the clock towers cameras to find Barbra you can see zsasz vandalizing some walls and stuff like that with other street thugs. ( While wearing his normal orange pants and metal bracers)

Zasz character model is actually used. He does, in fact, show up in the game. Im five minutes in to this, by the way, so knerd may actually have mentioned what im about to. During the clocktower mission, right after barbara is kidnapped, when you have to scrub theough the municipal cctv cameras, if you pay attention to the panel showing rioters, zasz walks right passed the rioters like its nothing. Its the only time i know of that he shows up in the game. He only shows up, very briefly, like 3 seconds, and its a blink and youll miss it moment if your scrubbing through as quickly as possible.

Now I wish the mission was present and there was a conversation between him and Slade "You think it's wise.. locking me up with all these lesser warriors?", and a conversation between this Viktor and Simon Stagg in particular.

More of these kinds of videos, I'm rewatching this one right now!

There's also a scarecrow symbol near a riddler trophy that's also next to an injured in Arkham city poster. It could've been a side plot or extra story mission.

I was actually kinda sad Zsazz got cut out, so I’m glad rocksteady didn’t forget about him (even though they could’ve just replaced blackheart with Zsazz

The missing skeleton pieces are most like due to the skeleton models clipping through the floor as even Pyg's victims don't display their abnormalities until the sequence in which you search for them activates

You literally became Batman by making this theory well done!

9:20 I think that instead of bribing the police officer to free Zsasz, scarecrow paid the officer to kill zsasz instead, aligning with the panessa studio sign and the exclusion of Zsasz from Scarecrow’s plans

Its so insane that players put all these peaces together. Such amazing. But would be nice if we get this side quest..

I wonder what the dialogue would've been if you caught Zsasz after Batman's identity was revealed.

Zsasz is one of my favorite villain, I'm still pissed they cut his mission, can't we have one more DLC? Instead we got the shitty Suicide Squad game

Amazing video bro. You deserve thousands of more views for this. Thank you for this. Now I can officially add this to the Arkham canon events list of theories that I view as canon in the Arkham verse that were never officially revealed

The only change I would make is that the mission would be available after the Barbra crime scene scan like many other missions are. Instead of as soon as the island is unlocked.

If Arkham Knight ever gets a remaster, I really hope they include this! (And maybe a proper Deathstroke fight too)