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Inque is one of the few villains who can say that they not only fought both Batmen and almost defeated them in battle but also got to mix it up with Superman as well. A true badass and one of my all time favourites from the show.

The truth behind ink is that, it doesn't really matter what shape she takes, she will forever be a monster under all that makeup

It's pretty curious that Inque faced the original Batman and Superman. For a futuristic villain, that's pretty damn impressive

One of the scariest villains in Terry's rogues gallery.

If Inque was an assassin rather than a greedy sabatour, she could have become an unstoppable entity. However, her avarice and pettiness stops her from claiming victory time and again. Had she been more calculating and focused, Terry likely wouldn't have been able to stop her the times he had.

Inque is a villain in the same style as _classic_ Batman villains: A person pushed into a position where she had to make hard choices to survive, and when granted power? Was _changed_ by it. I love her as a character, but I would cower from her if I found myself sharing a reality with her. We've seen what she'll do to people in her way, so, best not to be.

I do agree with your assesment that she is Terry's greatest villian looking back now. I argue that she is Terry's nemisis more than Blight. Blight was not a trained fighter and did not really get to use his powers properly till several of his episodes later, plus his interactions with Terry were mostly angry bluster. Inque knows how to fight and has taken on both Batmen and won in some capacity. She also has the most interations/banter with Terry. When Inque saves herself from the water at the start of Inquling, Terry casually asks "What the heck was that?" she responds "A new technique (I see what you did there writers) Batman." Then Terry responds moments later with a new gadget to counter her. They play off each other and have almost a rivalry and actually start to get to know each others tricks. If the movie does happen I do hope they use Inque as the main villain she has the most weight and backstory with Terry and is enough of a threat to make the movie suspenseful.

I am 100% sure Inque was created when Bruce Timm watched Ferngully and his reaction to the villain Hexxus was: "Do you know what would be better than a s*xy evil slime? A FEMININE s*xy evil slime!"

I always thought she had more in common with Mystique (aggressively sultry, she is BOLD enough to unapologetically be herself yet she can change her shape, she’s covert and very dangerous and she knows exactly what she wants and she knows how to get it). I also (later) like how much she resembles Siouxsie Sioux, or someone like Josephine Baker (the hair) or Marlene Dietrich (that luxurious goth before goth 1920s Ms Cool Girl “thing”)

Outside of the DeeDee Twins, Inque kicked Terry's ass. It's wild seeing the threat level spike from Bruce's day to Terry's.

I can understand why some people were traumatized by that one Inque scene, Choking the Life out of Someone and denying them any method to breathing is something Some Children would find terrifying when the episode first aired. But I also understand why People who are into it get a arousing feeling by the scene.

I'm honestly not surprised that in the recently revealed concept art for the animated Batman Beyond film it was shown to have Inque as (presumably) the main villain. Who knows, maybe Blight would have been a more overarching villain in the background. I do wonder if maybe they would have approached Will Friedle to also voice Terry in the film even though that probably wouldn't have been the case. Imagine that after all these years he is still the only actor to have played Batman Beyond.

Also cool how Bruce showed up to the arena wearing the gray ghost outfit as a disguise :p

God that scene where she seemingly bursts through her disguised mask to reveal her face is such a beautifully done sequence

Man, that scene where she’s trashing the bat cave and absorbs the glass shards into her body to use like a whip. What a threatening scene, what a great villain. Definitely stands out in Terry’s rogues gallery.

I actually have a theory as to the reason, or at least part of the reason, white Inque doublecrossed Erin and didn't give him the whole treatment. Since Unque relishes her power, I imagine she would want to be one-of-a-kind and not have anyone else around who could become a potential rival.

Inque is the reason I despise liquid shape-shifting villains. Even when I first saw her when I was, like, 6 years old, my first instinct was just _"kill it with fire"._ 😳🔥

I’ve heard somewhere that Rocksteady was possibly going to do a Batman Beyond sort of video game series before that idea got shut down by WB's higher ups. And we got the Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice league instead. Speaking of Rocksteady I just realized both Batman Beyond and Arkham Knight I think are probably some of the few Batman stories that take place after the real Joker kicked the bucket.

Thank you for clarifying that back and white scenes in Epilogue are in Terry's imagination. It really sours people on the episode and specifically Bruce when they think they're real. Reminds me of School of Rock screening without the Stevie Nicks stuff. People totally hate and can't relate to principal Mullins (Joan Cusack.)

Inque's the best. Though I always remembered likeing her blob form more than her humanoid one, idk something about the shape being a bit more wilder than her human form maybe. Those designs in the comics that give her more detail are very cool though.

I genuinely love all the Venom tie-ins and references. Inque is possibly my favorite Batman Beyond character, and I'm glad to see confirmation that she was partially inspired by Venom. 7:40 Damn, she literally became a symbiote there... 13:33 Yeah... _I know full well what you mean_ Ya know what? *_*We can fix her.*_*

Just wanted to say that I’ve been going down a HUGE B-man rabbit hole recently, watching most of the DCAU and replaying the Arkham games. So finding your channel has been amazing because it’s so interesting to have you recontextualize most of what I’ve just watched.

How to forget when Bruce Wayne said: fuck my heart, I'll become Batman once again to save Terry"?

Also the armour Bruce wears when he fights Inque is inspired by the design from Kingdom Come.

Will Freidle puking her up was great

She's just so well crafted, and so cool. I wish there would be occasions where she acts as an ally to the good guys. She's like part Catwoman part Venom symbiote, but all in all she's her own character.

Too bad there was never an episode where Terry is able to defeat Inque on his own, without Bruce or anyone else help. "Inqueling" even shows how Terry blames himself for Inque finding the batcave and almost killing Bruce twice. I feel the series should have build an arc around Terry and Inque battle, with their final battle having him and Bruce switiching roles: Bruce could be the one that Inque kidnaps and Terry would be the one to rescue him, finally defeating Inque, proving how far he has grown as Batman.

Aside from Clayface she also reminds me of Madame Rouge from Teen Titans that's kinda the best version of the 3 in terms of her slime shapeshifting powers and a effective agent when fighting the Titans or playing mind games with them.

"I don't know, she's just this weird globby character" has to be the biggest real feelings for an artist.

Inque is probably one of Terry McGinnis’ most deadliest foes.

she was like the poison ivy to batman beyond.

Damn, all this time I didn't know those scenes in Epilogue weren't actual flashbacks. All this time I assumed Terry was lashing out to his friends and loved ones directly and that Bruce being the way he is brushed it off later, but this does easily explain how he can call his girlfriend and she's all casual about it despite the fact the "flashback" was him breaking up with her. But then all that being dream sequences, it makes me feel better that Bruce was still relatively chipper and even made Terry soup when he got back despite the suspicious perfect match donor situation when Bruce was sick. So this means they never had their fight where Terry really did a low blow and even drove Bruce to nearly having a heart attack, and almost leaving him coldly to pick up his own pills. And the information that he was made to be Terry's biological father, and if Terry knew was never brought up like they left it unspoken if the dream sequences aren't real. Oh yeah this explanation makes me feel better. Essentially Terry chose to empathize with Bruce and look past his negative qualities he kept to himself, never drove him to such a dangerous state, and went back to treating him like a second father figure despite the fact he already became one in their time together. With Bruce probably being none the wiser.

Thanks for more of these analysis videos. I have been revisiting Batman Beyond over the years and I love seeing different takes on it. Inque is one of Terry's most dangerous villains, she actually beat him twice and almost killed him twice. She is just ruthless. Honestly if we ever see a future episode of her and her daughter, let's just say something might happen that will be terrifying. Yeah fighting both Batmen and Superman really goes on a resume.

The Batman Beyond does a good job of updating the OG villains to fill the same roles. Inque = updated Clayface. Curare = Kyodai Ken, Shriek = Mr. Freeze.

Always appreciate your analysis and dives into Batman and the DCAU! They always make my day and I’m glad I discovered this channel very recently.

pretty cool to see her in that art made by the dudes who made the spiderverse when they were pitching that batman beyond movie to warner bros. Really hope we can see her on the big screen one day.

5:43 never see anyone point out that his outfit looks like the Gray Ghost

Her design greatly reminds me of old cartoon characters like Betty Boop

I swear the Earth Mover's story is a tear jerker.

I love Inque so much. Really stuck with me when I caught the odd episode as a kid. Big fan of shapeshifters in all kinds of media, and Inque is one of the most "fun" ones! I also appreciate how she's not a natural killer, but rather sees Batman as an obstacle to her job(s), to the point where the frustration leads to her becoming lethal. Good bit of character writing, there! As a regular power-hungry or murderous villain she wouldn't have been remotely as interesting or unique.

Honestly the most impressive and deadliest villain in Terry's Rouge Gallery. It also shows (before the ending of Inquling) there was humanity within the monster. Until her daughter fvcked that up and left her mother with nothing left to lose. Which I wish BB was given another season and explore that side of her.

1:51 is probably the greatest thing I've ever heard in my life.

I watched the episode featuring Inque and her daughter in the middle of the night and in the dark, and the ending of that episode left me paranoid for the rest of the night. So she definitely left an impression on me

Spellbinder was my favorite Batman beyond villain but she is very memorable.

Inque sure is one of those “Peak” DCAU originals that stood out the most and became a “Peak” Fan favorite for sure! Maybe another who may not be street level powered, but still is such a great antagonist, well written and well designed in our own senses… Too bad she had small appearances but that’s alright! Only our own thoughts and raw imagination can continue making and using ideas to put this wonderful character to some proper use once again… Inque is one of those at Peak!

For some reason, Inque always gave me nightmares as a kid. It wasn't until I defeated her by using water the nightmares went away. Weird right? Also #batmanbeyond

She would have looked so cool in that animated movie if that ever got off the ground, I bet. 10:05 I didn't realize this until recently, but I wonder if Superman dispatching Inque here was supposed to be a callback to when he shook off Toyman's dough weapon all the way back in "Fun and Games."

Inqueling stuck with me, inque terrified me but I wanted to know more about her, about her relationship with her daughter and what she was like and see her more, she haunted me dreams. She scared me like hell but I’m also pretty sure she was 50% of my sa-hid awakening

Inkqe I’ll admit, is an interesting villain in the show although I’m a bit curious as to why she didn’t go after her own daughter to get revenge for the stunt she pulled on her in season 3.. Either she’s preoccupied with her own work , or she just kept her distance in case the thought of murder comes to mind. Or they simply just let her fears in show and possibly paranoia as Inkqe’s own form of revenge. A simple payback but by not actually getting her kind of thing. 🤔

2:34 Interesting that even though Inque is mostly based off of Clayface in terms of having similar abilities along with loosely ressembling the Venom Symbiote due to her polymorphic nature, though I never thought she would be partially inspired by sandman. While both are shapeshifters, they are major differences between them outside of being composed of different material. One thing to note that unlike Inque, Sandman can take shapeshift into people more convincingly unlike inque, though he can't copy their voice. While both have weaknesses to water, Sandman seems to recover from it better than Inque. Speaking of Spider-Man, I wonder how his future counterpart 2099(Miguel O'Hara) would deal with her if they fought.

Inque did wonders to my teenage self

I love Inque's design in the sense it follows the uncanny valley, she's has a feminine, humanoid shape but hides her human traits which contrasts with her body language and personality for someone who chooses to resemble a frightening mannequin.

I need her so bad

Despite Inque's villainous ways, her backstory and the tale of her daughter always makes me feel for her.

Inque has by far my favorite design among the batman beyond cast

I'm excited! I love Thorne as a baddie. He's such a mundane sort of evil compared to the rogues gallery.

An inque (pronounced the same way) is also a rare type of paranormal entity, best described as an amorphous shadow that hides in the cracks behind objects and feeds on ambient electroneural impulses (basically, the electrothermal off-throw from displays of emotion). They're one of the many potential reasons people experiencing a malignant haunting can become mentally drained or unable to function psychologically.

Shame we never got to see Lucius Fox's son or got to explore Foxteca even when Bruce gets his company back. I applaud Noland for turning the elder Fox into Bruce's version of Q from the James Bond series (years after Fox's DCAU appearances.) I hope future projects continue this trend.

I also gotta say: What you said about mothers is... very true. Annoyingly so. I've literally only seen ONE example where a mother gives up her child, (willingly, without plot reasons) and *isn't* treated as worse than german mustache man. Females in media (using that specifically as I refer to even non-sentient characters) do have a really bad trope of always being one of 3 archetypes. But the mom one is very... VERY specific.

Inque was one of the rarely seen total monster - no redemption offered or desired villains, yet still with very clear and human motivations and outlooks. Not my favorite but still a fine example of writing.

Wasn't there a comic where it was revealed, Inque took no action against Diana. And even saved her life when she needed a blood transfusion, for some genetic disease she had inherited from her Mother. Also, two things to mention about Inque. She's come the closest to more than one occasion, kill Batman. And never once in the series, has Terry ever been able to defeat her all by himself. Without assistance or someone's intervention.

5:17 I only caught episodes out of order so this was my introduction to Inque. Still lives rent free in my head for some reason 😂😂

I think what made Inque drowning Terry so scarring for me as a kid was how visceral and tone shifted it was. We've gone from "comical" bangs, booms, and slices to very gutural sounds and the music changed to something more menacing. Even as a kid I knew, in a cartoon, no blade, steel beam, or colorful laser would ever kill. But this was entirely new and cruel - I was scared. And the fact that Terry didn't immediately walk it off and was hacking her up afterwards cemented how close he was to dying. 10 out of 10, would traumatize myself again if possible.

The funny thing, is that Bruce literally was protecting his Son without it being Spoiled

Surprising how he didn’t talk about how similar she is to Catwoman. A seductive, black clad femme fatale who fights Batman using a whip and does bad things to get money for a supposedly good cause.

Oh so the next video will be about Rupert Thorne as he is a stand in for Carmine Falcone and Sal Moroni as they both have caused Harvey Dent becoming Two Face

The scene where Bruce dons the power suit and the BTAS theme starts to play, it sent goosebumps down my spine. Possibly the most episode for Bruce and a call-back to his previous series.

Hope she will reunited with her daughter if Batman beyond returned

one of the better beyond villians!

Inque is basically the Poison Ivy of Batman Beyond (With the powers of clayface)

Inque was truly the best villain from Batman Beyond. She almost killed Terry and Bruce in 2 episodes from S1, has a great design and a nuanced personality. I wish Terry finally defeated on the show, since she was the only villain he could not defeat on his own. How satisfying would it have been to see Terry defeat the most powerful villain in his rogues gallery, on his own, with no help? It would have been very satisfying. The only time I felt a little sorry for her was her third major apperance, where she was betrayed by her daughter. It was money that motivated her into becoming a supervillain, but it was money that slowly destroyed the one person she cared about. But it is as Her daughter said to her; "You gave me nothing but money. How did you think I would turn out?" Honestly, Inque reminds me of Lady Clay, except she has no shape shifting powers. I cannot wait to hear you talk about Thorne next week. He was a good recurring antagonist with a great performance from John Vernon

As always this video essays excellent- this isn't the best detail or anything but as a minor point, I respect the restraint of saying 'for a time she was incapable' and not making an 'inque-apable' pun, it's clearly restraint I lack

I think the added backstory from the first run of comics was pretty cool. I can see why some might not like it, but I think it adds that extra layer of empathy that plenty of Batman villains like Two-Face and Mr.Freeze get praised for.

12:40 - 12:58 Excellent piece right here. The background musicreally adds to it.

Thank you for the nod to displaced peoples.

You spelled MOMMY wrong in the thumbnail.

Me as a kid(and now): she's pretty ☺️

did get clayface mixed with poison ivy(with how we saw an older harley wish we saw what ivy looked like alongside some of the other rogues gallery.) with how really sensual inque got with her ink(that scene,giving terry a literally slimy smooch,ink oozing down her shapely body engulfing people & outright bosom smothering terry when catching him.) alongside being both a monster but somewhat a bit tragic with how her actions come back to bite her hard when her own daughter turns on her.(though still has some love for her with how it's mostly seen she didn't attack her or get revenge.) and being badass being the most threatening with how she nearly kills batman in each one/making batman risk his life stepping up to fight her that made her the most memorable to me that i wish she got a bigger appearance in the dcau.(saw a few sketches one of the writers put up for a shelved/still interested in movie that was going to have her as the main villain.:3)

While I think that Bruce's rogue's gallery is overall better, Terry had some pretty great baddies of his own, and Inque is definitely in that crowd's upper echelons 😊

Despite all that power Inque got, she was unable to defeat the two Batman. Superman was able to defeat her very easily.

Finally a video on Inque! Saw some scenes of her and she seemed interesting! Here just for the video and information I can get! :)

Never got the chance to properly watch the Batman Beyond series (along with other Batman series) but I was interested in its villains, so your channel is exactly what I needed lol Great work and I'm looking forward for more!

The horrible irony of Inque's daughter betraying her for money is that Inque would probably have given her anything and everything anyway. And I think that's why we never see her take revenge on her daughter. She's angered and upset obviously, but she loves her daughter so much she just can't bring herself to do anything for revenge. The best and cruellest thing she can think to do is just leave her daughter with a sense of unease, like she did when she gave birth to her.

So as much as I like Inque as a character, here's something that's always bugged me. Inque has a daughter that seems to be in her early to mid 20's. Even if her daughter just turned 18 and Inque was a teenage mother, that still puts her no younger than her mid-30s. Realistically, I think she's right around 40. Doesn't stop her from straight-up throwing herself at Terry. I get it, there's no sexual desire whatsoever on her part, but she's still a middle-aged woman and he's still a high schooler. I get the sense that Inque might have been intended to be much, much younger originally and Black Out was written that way. Then they introduced her daughter and accidentally aged her way up. Is there any validity to that thought?

This character needs her own movie asap

This woman would've been both awesome and horrifying in an Arkham game

Glad to see a fellow Brit making such great content on some of my favourite characters ❤

ur videos r awsm and inspired me to watch batman beyond and once i finish it sum other stuff l8r too, thanks for being yourslef man keep on goin, awsm stuff👍

04:26 ...don't judge me

Bit of a bummer that she only got a handful of appearances (though they were some of the best episodes), Inque could actually banter with Terry and in no way did that compromise how dangerous she was. To be honest, making her betrayal by her daughter be her last appearance would've been better than the couple little nothingburger appearances after that. By then she'd built up a rep that every time she appeared, it was BAD news, so having her potentially still be out there...waiting...planning...is much more effective.

I *adore* inque. I crush on her so hard.

Inque has the potential to be a great hero character for good. Terry just needs to break down the walls of a lifetime of pain and suffering to make it possible. She can change for the better due to her increasingly desperate situation and may even look to Terry for help

Good video, I understand all the points you made about this character. However, as someone who has not watched Batman Beyond: Would.

Inque is also inspired by the T-1000 Terminator.

Please explore the rat guy. He was a fascinating character. (Also golem, it’s like evil iron giant)

Someone correct me if I'm wrong; but Inque is the only member of Terry's rogues gallery that he never definitively beats on his own. 1st and 2nd time: Bruce saves him and diverts attention long enough for Terry to score a crippling blow. 3rd time: Deanna sets Inque up. 4th Time: Superman gets involved. Inque is a huge threat to Terry and one who consistently keeps him on the back foot.

Are you saying venom isn't sexy?

0:03 I can see the joker 🃏 in the animaniacs eyes.

I’d fight Inque with just a katana.