The Blackgate Prisoners also referred to as inmates, are the most common enemies in Batman: Arkham Asylum. There were many different variants, but all of them were loyal to the Joker, who led the breakout.
Incident Reports[]
Arkham Origins Incident[]
Batman went to Blackgate Prison to rescue Commissioner Loeb from Black Mask and had to fight the Blackgate Prisoners. Later, Captain Gordon contacted Batman and asked him to apprehend 20 Blackgate escapees.
Arkham Origins Blackgate Incident[]
The Blackgate Prisoners appeared in Batman: Arkham Origins Blackgate.
Arkham Asylum Incident[]
After a "mysterious" fire broke out at Blackgate, all of the inmates were conveniently transferred to Arkham Asylum. After the breakout of their boss, the Joker, the Blackgate Prisoners roamed free on Arkham Island, killed all of the Arkham Guards that they saw, and took their weapons. Some were stationed in different places while they heard Joker's commentaries and announcements. Others were killed during a short war with the Arkham Lunatics, but in the end, the rest were brought back into custody.
Between Arkham Asylum and Arkham City Incident[]
After Arkham Asylum's shutdown, the prisoners were transferred to the new prison, Arkham City.
Arkham City Incident[]
With all prisoners having been shipped off to Arkham City, Blackgate inmates were forced to coexist, and many were drafted into the gangs of either The Joker or The Penguin's henchmen in their vicious turf war. Whereas many prisoners merely debated who would emerge victorious when that conflict ultimately concluded, others were more concerned by the constant rumors that The Joker was terminally ill. When "Protocol 10" was activated, Hugo Strange’s TYGER Helicopters systematically slaughtered many of the prisoners; some prisoners survived the massacre, though. Once the operation had concluded, news of The Joker's death having been confirmed spread quickly across the prison yard, and word of his demise was received with widespread disbelief and palpable relief among the surviving population.
Arkham Knight Incident[]
One year after the events of Arkham City, the Blackgate Prisoners joined the united gang of villains on Halloween Night to kill Batman.
During Gotham's Most Wanted Side Mission, Wonderland, the Asylum section of the book used drawn versions of the Arkham Asylum versions of those inmates.
Known Blackgate Prisoners[]
- Joker Thugs
- Harley Quinn's Thugs
- Penguin Thugs
- Riddler Thugs
- Bane's Mercenaries
- Black Mask Mobsters
- Mad Hatter Thugs
- Rat Cultists
- Anarky's Followers
- Falcone Henchmen
- Deadshot's Henchmen
- High Security Henchmen
- Titan Henchman
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Trivia[]
- In Arkham Asylum, most of the Blackgate Prisoners were bald while some had face paint that resembled clowns; all were barefoot, many shirtless and some of them had scars around the sides of their heads. The rest had transdermal implants reminiscent of mohawk hairstyles.
- In Arkham Asylum, one of the thug voices was provided by now-retired voice actor George Dzundza, who had previously provided various voices in Batman: The Animated Series, including Arnold Wesker and Scarface, though his role was uncredited.