![]() ![]() Most of the time when he was defeated by Batman, he reverted to his normal scholarly self with no memory of what had transpired. Other schemes for world domination included hypnotizing Gotham with deadly juice from scarabs and holding a millionaire's daughter for ransom. When he first came to Gotham, King Tut built a sphinx to shout out his demands to Gotham City. Sometimes he is hit on the head and this awakens the professor, and sometimes he snaps out of it himself. It is usually at this time, when he becomes his old self once again. He invests so much time and effort into his capers he often breaks down and cries when things come crumbling down around him. He also has a tendency to be sadistic, insisting that while he detests violence, he loves a little torture, which he calls "good clean fun." As much as he hates Batman, he seems to hate Robin even more, as on one occasion he has the Boy Wonder suspended above a crocodile pit, and another time plans to have him boiled in a vat of oil. He is a rather emotional villain, going from joy to anger and then into sadness in a matter of moments. ![]() When anyone dares to question the veracity of his claims, he gets extremely irate, insisting that he is the "Nabob of the Nile" or the "Moon God of Thoth and stuff like that." ![]() His hideouts are decorated with his Egyptian artifacts and his partners in crime are dressed in ancient Egyptian costumes. His speech is laced with Egyptian history lessons, his curses and praises directed toward Egyptian gods. His antipathy towards Batman and Robin is based on the concept that they have tried to stop him, and as such are regarded as rebels against his throne. His ultimate goal is to claim Gotham-that is, Thebes-as his own. When he regained consciousness, he believed that he was the reincarnation of King Tutankhamun and that Gotham is the ancient city of Thebes. One such rock hit McElroy, knocking him out. One day he was at work when a student protest turned vicious, and rocks were thrown. King Tut is in fact William Omaha McElroy, a highly regarded professor of Egyptology at Yale University. ![]()
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