Suicide Squad: 13 Theories That Were Utter Bull

12. The Riddler Is In It

Suicide Squad Jason Todd
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The Rumour: With Warner Bros. remaining tight-lipped about the movie's villain as release approached, some believed the big bad would in fact turn out to be The Riddler himself.

How Much We Believed It: Not really at all. Even though the lack of publicity around the movie's antagonist(s) was definitely suspicious, there are so many more plausible choices before anyone arrives at Edward Nygma, and it would have taken a severe reinvention of the character to make him fit within the DCEU. 2/10

The Truth: He's nowhere to be seen as expected, while the film's actual villains turn out to be Enchantress and her brother Incubus. In retrospect, The Riddler might've actually been more interesting...

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