D.A.V.E.

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character_name=D.A.V.E.
alter_ego= Digital Advanced Villain Emulator
publisher=DC Comics
debut="The Batman": Episode #039 "Gotham's Ultimate Criminal Mastermind" (Original Airdate May 13 2006)
aliases= Gotham's Ultimate Criminal Mastermind
creators= Alexx van Dyne
alliances=Hugo Strange
powers=Powers and abilities of many of Batman's rogues |

D.A.V.E. (Digital Advanced Villain Emulator) is a fictional character that appears in the episode "Gotham's Ultimate Criminal Mastermind" of the "The Batman", voiced by Jeff Bennett.

Character overview

Created by Hugo Strange, D.A.V.E. is an AI that has the brainwaves of several Batman villains, thus allowing it to guess correctly most of Batman's moves, and can imitate other villains', such as the initial acrobatic feats the Joker was capable of accomplishing or Catwoman's agile gymnastic routines, or the Penguin's mastery of martial arts, making him a tough opponent to battle hand-to-hand. Its robotic body is light, resilient and flexible enough to take on Batman on far more than equal terms. D.A.V.E. is as intelligent as Riddler and Hugo Strange, giving it the psychological advantage; it can hack into any computer and control every machine it encounters. He was defeated when Batman questions D.A.V.E's own origins as D.A.V.E doesn't have an actual origin, even being unaware that he is a computer program.

Inspiration

Most obviously, D.A.V.E. is a parody of HAL 9000 and HAL's technician Dave, while the three-dot pattern in his face is similar to Brainiac, and the way D.A.V.E. figured Batman's true identity is similar to Ra's al Ghul or Bane. The voice actor for D.A.V.E. was Jeff Bennett, who also voiced H.A.R.D.A.C. D.A.V.E. is very similar to H.A.R.D.A.C., which originally appeared in "". D.A.V.E's destruction also pays tribute to the closing scene in "The Terminator". Both instances show the characters' electronic eye slowly blinking out, after he is crushed by a heavy object. The idea of putting many criminal brain waves on a computer was also used in the 1995 movie "Virtuosity".

In other media

D.A.V.E. makes a second appearance in the spin-off comic book "The Batman Strikes!" in issue #34, "Shtick Shift". D.A.V.E. is revealed to have survived his last encounter with Batman, but he is damaged, not remembering how he survived, and suffering from frequent glitches. Also, out of all the brain waves stored in him, he only acts as the Joker and Riddler. He participates in a contest with Riddler to see who can capture and unmask Batman. D.A.V.E. and Riddler are defeated by Batgirl and Robin, when they track the villains down in order to save Batman.

ee also

* List of The Batman villains

External links

* [http://www.worldsfinestonline.com/WF/thebatman/?x=bios/dave/index D.A.V.E.'s Profile at World's Finest]