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Patrick Bateman
Bateman
General Information
Nationality American
Size Big
Portrayed by Christian Bale

"TRY GETTING A RESERVATION AT DORSIA NOW, YOU FUCKING STUPID BASTARD!" - Patrick Bateman, American Psycho

"Shut the fuck up, Bruce; do I want... no, no!" - Patrick Bateman, deleted scene of an internal struggle with his assumed identity/alter ego Bruce Wayne[1]

Patrick "Dubs Guy" Bateman is a Wall Street investment banker, '80s music connoisseur and diagnosed psychopath. He is portrayed in the post-credit scenes by the British actor Christian Bale.

Although he first appeared in the novel American Psycho and was then first portrayed by Christian Bale in the film adaptation of that novel, he is notable chiefly for his appearances in the post-credit scenes, where he makes cameos among the upper class peoples of Gotham City targeted by Bane's master plan.

In American Psycho, Patrick Bateman is portrayed as an unhinged and violently self-conflicted serial killer, disgusted by the decadence of the impersonal, consumerist world he's placed himself in. Treating his appearances in the post-credit scenes as a continuation of his story established in American Psycho, it is worth noting Bateman's no longer being as troubled by the society surrounding him, even as others, including his doctor, seemingly disregard his identity, mistaking him for someone named Bruce Wayne. Deleted scenes portray him as still being strongly self-conflicted, however, struggling internally with the identity of Bruce Wayne that he's had placed upon him in Gotham City.[1]

Theories

  • The Inception Hypothesis posits that the post-credit scenes take place within the mind of Patrick Bateman, Bane attempting to steal business secrets from him through his dreams. The implications this would have for his adopted identity of the mysterious Bruce Wayne, as figment of his imagination or as actual person within the BEU, are not yet concretely established.

Trivia

  • In The Dark Knight Rises, his surname is frequently misspelt as "Batman".
  • Bruce Wayne, the person Patrick Bateman is frequently mistaken for in the post-credit scenes, is a character first established in the DC Comics publishing universe; a 'yuppie' businessman like Bateman living in a fictionalized version of Gotham City.

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