Hunter | Ruber's Minions | Thus, Batman's reason for delivering Shreck to the authorities remains virtually unknown, but a possible theory is that he wanted Shreck to at least face the authorities for his crimes rather than let Selina kill him and become a murderer, which explains why he implored her at the same time to come and live with him in Wayne Manor. Monk | | Carmine Falcone | Clownface | Alan Jonah | Batman: Under the Red Hood: Jason Todd | Joker | Black Mask | Ra's al Ghul | Riddler Ventriloquist III | That night, Max throws a charity masquerade costume ball for Gotham's wealthy elite. Stonekeeper | George Wilson | Primal Villains | Max Shreck in his costume at a masquerade ball. Blockbuster II | Shreck also was the owner of the department store, Shreck's. In the film Batman Returns (1992), Christopher Walken played a villain named Max Shreck. Hush | Arthur Slugworth | Arthur Leigh Allen | Stone Generals (Gato & Mono) | Mayor Brown | Origin Dusty | Goro | The Drowned | Roland Daggett | Batman, having defeated the Penguin, stops her and pleads with her to turn Max in to the police. Enigma | Tiger Shark | Help The Penguin take over Gotham City (partially succeeded).Get Penguin elected Mayor of Gotham, so he can approve Max's new power plant.Kill Catwoman and Batman.Escape the Penguin's lair (all failed). Shreck took advantage of the jeering crowd to disassociate himself from Cobblepot's idiotic move. Batman doubled over, but was feigning harm (as he was wearing body armor) in order to protect himself. Scarecrow (Batman vs. TMNT) | 9: Fabrication Machine | 1 | 8 | Machines (Cat Beast, Winged Beast, Seamstress, Steel Behemoths, Seeker Drones & Spiderbots) | Chancellor Fredinand | The Chancellor's Party Charles "Chip" Shreck | Lewis Prothero | Jack Torrance | Scarecrow | Near the climax after the Penguin tried to take and kill Chip, Shreck convinced Penguin to take him instead; also, when he was locked in a cage in the Penguin’s lair and learned of Penguin’s plot to kidnap and kill all of the first-born sons of Gotham, Shreck showed signs of disgust and discomfort (thus showing that he had standards, and that there were crimes he didn’t like and lines he didn’t want to cross). Bruiser | Batman Beyond: Return of the Joker: Joker | The Jokerz (Chucko, Dee-Dee, Ghoul Bonk & Woof) | Harley Quinn Tom Rogan | The Penguin accepted (as he would like to see him die a horrible death), took Shreck prisoner, and held him in a cage above a deadly vat of toxic waste, into which he planned to dump Shreck along with the firstborn sons of Gotham. Cats & Dogs Villains | After pushing Selina through the window he turns to realize Chip has witnessed the crime and the two agree what the best cover story would be. Lord Henry Blackwood | Anarky | Freeze | Thomas Elliot When Batman plays a recording of the Penguin's true plans for Gotham — to "play this stinking city like a harp from hell" — the citizens of Gotham turn against him, and Max turns his back on his former ally. Scarecrow | Super Secret Police (Bad Cop & Sheriff Not-A-Robot) | Jason Todd | Moloch | Ragdoll | Christopher Walken as Max Shreck: A wealthy businessman and industrialist known as "The Santa Claus of Gotham". 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