Propose Story Arc Finale For The DCAU Riddler

[superfangirl1]

You think that this would of been a fitting end story wise for the DCAU Riddler?

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[beyondthefringe]

Hmmm.

I don't know if it's ever actually been done, but I'd love to see something like:

Riddler does a crime and leaves out a riddle. A fiendish, nigh-unsolvable riddle.
Batman, bored of this, just ignores it. He goes about life.
Riddler waits and waits and waits and waits and waits and gets more and more impatient and keeps sending little updates -- extra clues -- and Batman keeps ignoring them.
Finally, the Riddler's need for attention and acknowledgment and engagement gets the better of him. He finds Batman. BEGS him to solve the riddle. BEGS for closure.
And Batman just... smirks. And Riddler is dragged away to Arkham, a broken man, forever unfulfilled.

[super_fly]

Or a twist on the above idea where he reveals he always knew how Riddler did it, and didn't care as long as he stayed gone.

[beyondthefringe]

Oh, -naturally-.
"I figured it out within seconds. I just decided to stop playing your game," he tells the Riddler on the former villain's deathbed.

[zachbeacon]

I kind of hate it. Batman Beyond already has too many established DCAU characters suffering horrible fates.

[super_fly]

It loses me at "gravedigger robots."

[beyondthefringe]

That felt petty and unthematic to me as well.

[lbd_nytetrayn]

Eh, that's what editors and rewrites are for. Pretty good up until that.

[tripodeca113]

You know an early idea for the show was that Batman had the Joker locked up in the Batcave for years.
His creepy laugh would echo through the cave, but we'd know that Gotham was finally safe from him.

[lbd_nytetrayn]

I'm really curious where the story goes from that scan.

[superfangirl1]

You can more and learn more about the comic scan here. :)

https://batmantheanimatedtoys.blogspot.com/2011/12/batman-robin-adventures-3.html?m=1

[digicom]

Honestly, there are a bunch of Bat-villains that I could see reforming permanently, if it wasn't for the almighty Status Quo™.

In Riddler's case, i thought his brief period as a private investigator was great. He could show up Batman without breaking the law!

(Most of the other borderline cases are scientists of one stripe or another.)

[zylly]

I’ve always liked “the Last Riddler story” from Batman Adventures.

“I think I need to go back to Arkham. I think I might actually be crazy.”

Eddie realizing he needs help or at least redirecting his mania like in his detective days are good stories for him. But the unending nature of American mainstream comics plus the need to keep making new Riddler action figures means he’s never going to actually get closure.

But after Harley, Harvey, and Ivy, Eddie’s definitely one of the Arkham rogues I could most easily see pulling himself out of it.