Gotham
Summary
DC’sGothamseries featured quite a few deaths over the class of its five seasons , and some of them were more bestial than the rest . Gothamwas the spiritual sister series toSmallville , with both of them secern the stories of howDC ’s two biggest heroes came to become who they were destined to be . Gotham ’s principal difference fromSmallvillewas that , although the serial publication say the story of how Bruce Wayne would become Batman — with David Mazouz suit up as the Dark Knight inGotham ’s series finis — the show was center on Ben McKenzie ’s Jim Gordon .
While Bruce would only become Batman at the end of the serial publication , following a monumental 10 - year time jump , Gothamhad no problems with introducing most of Batman ’s iconic villains in the serial . Gotham ’s Batman villain rosterincluded popular names like Catwoman , Penguin , Riddler , Ra ’s al Ghul , Poison Ivy , and many more . With so many Batman villains make their way into the series , Gothamgot quite bloody , as most of its characters had no qualms about kill . The serial became one of DC ’s grim and most violent , with several intense , bloody fights and deaths over five seasons . Here are the most beastly deaths throughoutGotham ’s five season .
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10Commissioner Sarah Essen Is Tied Up And Shot By Jerome
Season 2, Episode 2
WhileGothamcould never fully use the Joker , the series made do with a few different versions of the character . In time of year 2,Cameron Monaghan ’s Jeromewas terrorizing Gotham City as the first version of the series ' Clown Prince of Crime . Jerome direct a foray on the Gotham City Police Department central office that saw pretty much the entire GCPD get murdered . The issue ’s most beastly decease was that of Commissioner Sarah Essen , who was flirt with on live television by Jerome before being fatally shot by the villain . Essen motivating Gordon to go on with her snuff it breath seal the deal on the tragical and brutal death .
9The Fake Leader Of The Court Of Owls Is Decapitated
Season 3, Episode 19
Kathryn Monroe was initially intend to be the leader of the ancient vicious organization known as the Court of Owls inGotham . However , the reference would reveal near her death thatshe was only posture as the leader of the Court of Owlsbut was not really phone the shot for the chemical group . After two seasons inGotham , Monroe ’s brutal dying come at the hands of Nathaniel Barnes — the public executioner . Monroe tried to get Barnes to help her escape Gordon and the GCP after she had been apprehended , only for the Executioner to behead Monroe without hesitation .
8Alice Tetch Is Impaled On A Pole
Season 3, Episode 4
Mad Hatter was one ofGotham ’s most unsettling villains . Even Jervis Tetch ’s sister , Alice , did not want to be near him . The Batman villain did not want to let his sister go , fascinate Alice and create her wear clothes similar to those of the titular character inAlice in Wonderland . Alice ’s rip was venomous , and when Jervis caught his sis , he took some of her rip and lay in it to blackjack her into never leaving him again , or he would dump her blood on Gotham ’s water supply provision . When Jervis ' hideout was breached , Alice seek to take to the woods but ended up decrease to a brutish end , being impaled on a pole .
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7Azrael Is Killed By An RPG
Season 2, Episode 20
Azrael had one of the most brutal and out-and-out freaky death in all ofGotham ’s five seasons . After Oswald Cobblepot started unmercifully dumbfound Theo Galavan for his mother ’s last , Jim Gordon shoot the character bushed , with Cobblepot then labour an umbrella down Galavan ’s pharynx . That was not the remnant of Galavan ’s time in Gotham , as he would be resurrected as Azrael by Hugo Strange . Azrael would later attempt to kill Bruce Wayne , only to be stopped by Butch Gilzean , who merely irrupt Azrael with a garden rocket launcher .
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6Solomon Grundy Dies Twice
Season 3, Episode 22 & Season 4, Episode 22
Barbara Kean shot Butch Gilzean in the head , sending him into a coma , with the eccentric ’s first death coming when two hospital attendant from Hospital Brass dumped his organic structure into Slaughter Swamp to make room for more patient in the hospital . Cyrus Gold , Butch ’s substantial name , was then altered and revived by the Indian Hill chemicals that had been dumped in the swamp , becoming Solomon Grundy . While he would get another season inGotham , Butch ’s time in the series ended with a cruel 2d dying . After Solomon Grundy was call on human again , Butch was shot and killed by his former friend , Cobblepott , as revenge for Tabitha having killed his female parent .
5Nora Fries Is Frozen To Death
Season 2, Episode 13
Nora Fries is one of DC ’s most tragic character reference , andGotham ’s rendering of the character could not be any different . In the series , Victor Fries took his normal path of immobilise Nora to give him time to find a cure for her condition , as he does in most other adaptation . However , Gothamtook an unexpectedly morose turn . Nora finish up being frozen to death , with the character shift the cartridges on her husband ’s Freeze Gun , which conduce to her decay and dying after she was frozen , with Victor then attempting suicide .
4The Penguin’s Mother Is Killed By Tabitha
Season 2, Episode 7
One ofGotham ’s saddest and most brutal deaths was that of Gertrud Kapelpult , the Penguin ’s female parent . Gertrud was snatch by Theo and Tabitha Galavan so that Oswald Cobblepot would follow with the dyad ’s plan . When Gertrud is let out of the John Cage she was being kept in , Tabitha shockingly throws a tongue in her back . After her failed rescue , Oswald is forced to keep an eye on as his mother easy dies in his arms , with Gertrude revealing that she learned about his criminal action but still mean he is a good boy . Gertrude ’s death would lead to multiple fell decease as Oswald went after revenge inGotham .
3The Riddler Chokes Kristen Kringle To Death
Season 2, Episode 6
Kristen Kringle ’s death was one ofGotham ’s saddest , as it served as the turning decimal point inEdward Nygma ’s transformation from a good guyinto the Riddler . Nygma confess to having killed the opprobrious Thomas Dougherty , which scared Kringle , who attempted to pack her thing and leave alone her boyfriend ’s flat ; however , the room access was unsympathetic . Nygma then proceeding unknowingly to kill Kringle by pop off her , all while tell her he was not a monster , was extremely dark .
2Grace Van Dahl Is Fed Her Children Before Being Killed
Season 2, Episode 17
The Penguin is creditworthy for several ofGotham ’s most brutal deathsover the show ’s five seasons , all mainly due to the character being after revenge for others hurting him or his loved ones . Grace Van Dahl and her children fit both cases , as Grace — Oswald ’s stepmother — obliterate his sire , and alongside her children , made Oswald their handmaid . Grace ’s death was one ofGotham ’s most twisted , as she was push to eat her kid , whom Oswald had cooked into a meal for her . free grace was later on repeatedly stabbed by the Penguin .
1Barbara Kean Is Forced To Kill Her Own Parents
Season 1, Episodes 21 & 22
last , Barbara Kean being forced to kill her parents completesGotham ’s most brutal deaths . Before the consequence The Ogre — played by Milo Ventimiglia — kidnapped Barbara and messed with her head , eventually leading the part to vote down her own parents , Barbara seemed like a regular person . After the trial by ordeal , something snapped within Barbara , moderate to her becoming one ofGotham ’s most violent characters , slop a muckle of blood in her five - time of year journeying before eventually having a fling with Jim Gordon that would see her get pregnant with Barbara Gordon , withGothamteasing Batgirl .
