Underrated Rogues: The Ratcatcher 

Never in a million years would anyone think that Ratcatcher and Polka Dot man would end up in a big screen movie!

After I found out about ratcatcher from this video, it kinda pisses me off on how people would say a rogue is "too goofy" for the dark knight when most of the rogues gallery is nothing but goofy. I mean the joker is a freaking clown yet he's the top 1 batman rogue. Don't forget we got the mad hatter too. What makes batman's rogues interesting is how they use goofy in a bizarre, twisted way. That's why I love batman's villains.

Rats are pretty terrifying in and of themselves. They're rife with disease, can fit through a hole the size of a quarter, can climb their way into your toilet bowl from the sewer, and they can swim half a mile across open water among other things. A man who can control thousands of the things is pretty much already the most powerful villain in Batman's rogues gallery so a good writer can make him extremely popular.

Well this character is going to be a lot more popular now.

The Ratcatcher is too underrated he really does have potential for a great sinister villain

I agree with everything about this analysis. Rat catcher is creepy and has potential to be a lesser rogue. I Just came from watching Rat Catcher 2 in the suicide squad and hopefully that film will give renewed interest in the character

Definitely an underrated villain. Lives in the sewers, runs his own prison to get revenge on other people, talks to rats, wears a creepy gas mask - the guy is batshit crazy.

If only Ratcatcher appeared in BTAS. I would like him to appeared in "The underdwellers" instead the the sewer king.

I really think the ratcatcher could be a dark character and could make a great story.

You're right, one of the most underrated Batman villains. Plus one who is an actual threat! Think about it, unlike all other villains, just beating the guy and hauling him off to Arkham can't really stop his rats from getting to the city and killing tons of people. A very unique and dark gimmick, one eve Batman might not always be able to solve in time!

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Dang, wish Ratcatcher showed up more often. The whole rat supremacist thing really makes this character an interesting and insane villain.

Could you do a video on Professor Pyg please?

I don't know if this was intentional but this character is giving me Rat King and Willard flashbacks. Both have the ability to control/ persuade rats. I think your're right about him possibly appearing cartoons but he might get some back lass from Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles fans that assume he's a Rat King clone at first.

yeah he should be on the same levels as Ventriloquist, Black Mask, Hush, Hugo Strange

Otis is long overdue to be a boss in a new batman game, they teased him hard in Asylum and City but then they killed him off in a comic before Knight.

Ratcatcher has got to be my second favorite Batman Villain.

I love Ratcatcher, I have his first two-parter story, and I just really like his character. The gas-mask, staff, entire costume, name, and his kidnapping plot was all just really cool. I also loved the artwork in the Shadow of the Bat portions of Secret of the Universe he was in, as a side. I'll also mention Batman: Blackgate (1997) might have deserved a mention, as he played a big-role in the break-out plot of the one-shot. Finally, the fact that Ratcatcher (and Black Mask, Ventriloquist, and Mr. Zsasz) makes me really, really want Batman: Dark Tomorrow, even if the game does look really bad. Oh, and speaking of Kadaver, has Gotham Rogues talked about him in a video before? I don't get the impression he every appeared much, but I think he always had a lot of promise with his death-worship (I have his Flea two-parter, alas, not his Corrosive Man appearance).

Well, giant rats in Joker (2019)...

the perfect time for Matt Reeves to use rattcatcher that is as creepy as the joker or scare crow it's like if the court of Owls but balled into one person

And now he is the primary villain in a Batman videogame. Way to go!

Great vid. He's definitely underrated in my opinion. His whole schtick is a lot different from other villains so that's why I find him appealing. He also has a simple but cool design.

I always loved this guy! The whole whistle thing was so cool! Good work!

Your Underrated Rogues videos are always my favorites great to see another one!

It would be cool if instead of the Ratcatcher getting in a fight that killed someone, it would be his questionable poisons, fuming up and killing someone instead

Imagine if this dude makes an appearance in Injustice 3

He's probably my favorite supervillain and I think he has a lot of potential to be a mainstream rouge

The Ratcatcher is actually really, really, really cool and tbh: I actually like him. He's creepy and very devious and really loves rats. Still creepy tho.

Otis might appear in Gotham, especially since they focus more on the villains in later seasons. If they decide to bring him back for rebirth, I have the perfect backstory for him. When he was a young boy, Otis was abandoned on the streets, and forced to scavenge for food in order to survive. Eventually, he wound up in the sewers, and lived amongst the rats. As he got older, he learned to adapt to his surroundings, using cunning and teaching some of the rats to spy on people and bring him food. Now, he wants to take over Gotham, and kill all of the humans who "look" down on him and his rats. With no humans around, Otis and his "friends" will have Gotham City to themselves.

To anyone saying he's cheesy, just remember: the black plague killed 1/3 of European population. Any villain can be threatening, all depends of the writer's writting talents.

I agree with ëvery word. Villains like Ratcather are unique in design and power and add to a more diverse and unique rogues gallery. Especially now when every new batvillain has the same strength and intelligence every time.

Love it when he says"Are you happy now?"

In the Arkham games, the rat catcher in arkham city was making a small smuggling racket in the prison through his rats. Penguin snuffing out his operation and dragging rat catcher into the iceberg lounge. Can take either the idea that he was fed to Penguin’s shark or was killed off by other means.

the ratcatcher also got killed by the arkham knight in the Arkham knight Genesis miniseries

Theory on why people think he;s a loser villain: He kind of had a radical shift from wanting revenge on people he saw as doing him wrong' to 'Gonna kill all the humans. MOST people in comics who have their lives ruined like that just become regular rob and raise hell type baddies. The swap to genocide and belief rats were better than people was a bit out of nowhere.

Do one on great white shark he is one of my favorites and i think he is really underated

I’ve always loved rat catcher he’s so great

There is a character named Patrick in Batman Beyond who, like The Ratcatcher, can control rats and mice and had a crush on Terry's girlfriend, Daina. The TMNT villain, The Rat King, has the same ability as The Ratcatcher. 🐀

I love The Ratcatcher. Great design and a twisted gimmick. I wish more writers would use Ratcatcher in more stories.

Thank you so much for doing this! Thanks for you awesome content! Please, do what you do!

Hell yeah!!!!! He's one of my favorites

Honestly i always had a soft spot for old Otis Flannegan/Ratcatcher, The gas masked look, the Pied Piper whistle and his rat gimmick is perfect for a horror movie, sometimes I even hear John Kassir voicing the guy, I have his first appearance in the 80s and then I have his appearance in the prodigal storyline so i have some of his comics.

Suicide squad 2 brought me here rest easy Milton

batman - bat catwoman - cat ratcatcher - rat mad hatter - hat

He was Classified as a Gamma level threat By OMAC in Infinity crisis

He might appear in akrham shadow. The new VR game coming soon

I love your videos man! They're awesome... I would love to see more comic reviews of two-face stories! those are my favourites!! Keep up the amazing work :)

YES! thank arkham you're gonaa look at the 66 show! I've been waiting so long! thanks for paying respect to the legend Adam west btw

I never thought I would be able to say this, but remember that time the ratcatcher defeated Starro?

I feel like a great rewrite origin story for him would be something along the lines of being raised by an abusive father who was an exterminator, having Otis maybe feed and have a pet rat that he found only for his father to kill it when he found out his son was keeping it as a pet. He would then learn to control rats using a form of technology he invented and use it to kill his father with swarms if rats, then taking his father’s exterminator outfit and modifying it into his Ratcatcher costume. He would then pose as an exterminator and instead of killing rats for business he would control them to steal jewelry and valuables from his clients. Then after a confrontation with Batman he would eventually grow into a larger villain. He would heavily sympathize with rats as they were his friends as a young boy and he would see rats as the greatest animals because of how well they can survive in the worst conditions, much like he survived in an abusive household. He would see rats as the ultimate animal because of their ability to survive even though they are the most hated of animals, which would greatly stem from his childhood trauma.

This was worth the wait!

Welp we got Ratcatcher II

Ratcatcher could be in gotham

I was hoping for him to appear in a Arkham game or at least Arkham Knight he's one of my favorite underrated Batman villains so much potential.

I remember him from a minor role a JLA novel The Stone King. It was recorded by Graphic Audio, which merges audiobooks with audio dramas.

"When the bat falls the RATS SHALL RISE"

yay, you finally got to this

"Are you Happy now" 😂

He is completely a neglected gem, he just sounds fucking awesome and certainly he looks very scary with the mask on, I would appreciate if they gave him a full on cover for the head sort of like they did with the gas mask version of Dr. Death., he also looks like Doom Guy.

This guy certainly has alot of potencial.

I'm cosplaying as him next week

Neglected gem. Alan Grant is 2000ad royalty.

The Ratcatcher is going to be in THE SUICIDE SQUAD.

Very underrated. He deserves more

This guy is definitely underrated. He kinda reminds me of Rat King, from TMNT.

I've heard some people say that the Ratcatcher's costume actually appears in Batman (1989). It is said to be seen in the scene where Vicki Vale and Alexander Knox enter Bruce Wayne's armory. It makes me wonder if Tim Burton was aware of this character's creation while filming the movie and decided to put a little easter egg or if it's just some generic costume that happens to look like him.

Now here is a Batman villain that totally reminds me of The Rat King from TMNT, which was the very first thing that immediately came to mind when I discovered such an underrated villain for myself!

Your right the ratcatcher is legit insane and a very no mercy villain

Well it's rumoured he'll appear in James Gunn's _The Suicide Squad._

0:50 - Ratcatcher's stories 4:05 - Rogue's opinion

Looks so cool in the new trailer

Thank you

And know he's in an upcoming film.

Ratcatcher somewhat "appeared" in the DCAU with Batman Beyond featuring the same gimmick. It'd be interesting to see how they adapt him in The Suicide Squad film.

Ratcatcher is one of my favorite villains and it sucks that he is so underrated

Would Deacon Blackfire be underrated or forgotten, but I think more forgotten bat-villain, but are you reviewing the cult story or the villain himself went you get your chance at him? Gotham rouges.

I’m going to bring him to life. I the ratcatcher have spoken.

Ratcatcher would have been great in the Arkham games. Even if they just had him show up in the sewers to have a short talk with Batman before escaping.

Ratcatcher is one of my favorite villains.

Wished this character physically appeared in the arkham games. Would be like creepy mission like professor pyg

I am finally satisfied

He may seem unique among the bat rogues, but he reminds me of the Rat King of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. He also first appeared in 1988 (One year after the 1987 TMNT cartoon). He still seems cool though. I think he isn't that goofy, and instead he seems really deadly.

I wonder if they never used him in animated films or series simply because no one wanted to draw so many rats sounds like a nightmare to do. Especially in the 90s batman series.

Rat King from TMNT has a bone to pick with Rat Catcher! That would be a cool match up

I have a video idea for you. One on the Outsider, the big villain of the Sixties who isn’t well known due to how the arc originally ended. I even have some information for it.

Ratcatcher really is an underrated villain. He is just as life threatening potentially as Killer Croc and they share the same general environment. Otis is actually smarter than Croc and is thus much more able to be a beat down threat. I could see him in a Batman game as the main boss of a sewer level where you would have two villains to defeat with the obvious one being Croc and the Ratcatcher as the subtle one.

He's going to be in a movie. I'm hoping this will make him more well known.

I love the breyfogle era, that man could draw Batman

my top 3 fav rogues 3. ras al guhl 2. deathstroke 1. Jason todd (aka red hood) (aka arkham knight)

Would you consider doing a video about Catman? I would actually like that.

I like this

He can be top guy as same level just like Penguin and Scarecrow

He have potential, heck if DC/IDW make a third Batman/TMNT crossover he could team up with the Rat King.

Rat King is quite the creep too

I'm here after I heard they are adding Ratcatcher in the upcoming Suicide Squad 2.

It’s Willard all grown up .. lol

I am Kemo Zukić and I love Ratcatcher and he is one of my favorite Batman villains and he is also one of my favorite villains and one of my favorite Non Disney Villains and he’s a good villain and I am happy he in Task Force X movie 🎥

I've always wished Crispin Glover would play him in a movie. He practically already did in the movie Willard.

the underrated rogue you could talk about is the psycho pirate

He would be cool on Gotham