Emile Dorian

Dr. Emile Dorian is a fictional character from Batman: The Animated Series voiced by Joseph Maher. He is a geneticist who experiments with combining the DNA of humans and animals, most notably felines.

Fictional character biography

Emile Dorian was a former geneticist in Gotham City, where he was Kirk Langstrom's tutor. Upon creating the T-99 mutigen, Dorian became a criminal. He was quickly found out and was forced to leave Gotham. He decided to move out to an uninhabited island, where he continued his experiments. He had managed to create Garth, a genetically-altered gorilla and later Tygrus, a half-man, half-tiger hybrid, with cunning and strength augmented attributes.

Dorian decides that he should find him a mate. He chooses Selina Kyle (AKA Catwoman) as Tygrus' new mate and sends Garth to kidnap her. Garth takes her to Dorian's island and Dorian subjects her to gene splicing. As a result, Catwoman is transformed into a half-woman, half-feline. However, Batman grows suspicious of Catwoman's disappearance, and tracks her to Dorian's island. Upon arriving, Batman learns of Selina's transformation and attempts to save her, but Dorian sends Tygrus to kill Batman. When Tygrus learns that Dorian had tricked him, however, he turns on him, destroying the laboratory. Tygrus saves Dorian and delivers him to Batman and Catwoman. Dorian is later sent to Arkham Asylum.

In The Batman Adventures story "House of Dorian", a freak accident frees Dorian from prison and he plans to recapture Selina Kyle. To do so, he dupes Tygrus into working for him again as well as recruiting Anthony Romulus, who joins Emile in exchange that he finds a cure that will restore him to his human form. He also forcefully transforms Kirk Langstrom into Man-Bat for additional help. Tygrus, Dorian, and Romulus are all apparently killed in the ensuing explosion, although Man-Bat survives.