10 Insanely Dark Batman Moments The Movies Won't Show You

8. Professor Pyg's Circus Of Horrors

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Professor Pyg is to Batman comics what Carnage is to Spider-Man. Both exist as some of the most frightening characters in their respective rosters - not even because of the damage they can do, but rather because of how unpredictable and callous they can be.

Case in point: our first time seeing Pyg and Damian Wayne fight one another involves Damian being overwhelmed by Dolltrons while trying to rescue one of their kind. This doesn't sound too bad, until you learn that these 'Dolltrons' are in fact brainwashed people, who have been horrifically surgically altered to all appear both the exact same, which coincidentally happens to be absolutely terrifying.

Pyg only gets one proper moment of dialogue in the whole thing, and it's somehow even worse than the Dolltrons, with him launching into a monologue that is as confusing as it is likely to put the fear of god in you.

Oh, and it's also pretty strongly implied that the Dolltrons have had their genitals removed, so there's also that little nugget of permanent nightmare fuel too.

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