King Tut
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Real Identity: William Omaha McElroy
Appearances (Movies): Batman: Return of the Caped Crusaders and Batman vs. Two-Face
Powers/Skills: Armed Combat
Voiced By: Wally Wingert
William McElroy was an Egyptologist at Yale University. After he suffered a blow to the head during a student riot, McElroy suffered amnesia. His subconscious created a new personality to take over, the reincarnation of King Tut. Batman and Robin discovered each strike to his head changes his personality back and forth. Tut was one of the 14 criminals freed from Gotham State Penitentiary by Robin and Catwoman to battle Batman and his Replica Ray clones. During the fight at Gotham Palace, King Tut didn't waste much time laying into clones until he was kicked into the seating area. In the aftermath, he was rearrested and returned to the penitentiary.
Six months after Harvey Dent was cured with cosmetic surgery, King Tut and his Tutlings infiltrated the Amiable Skies Aviation Hangars one evening. Once the night watchman was clubbed from behind by one of two Tutlings, King Tut declared he had returned. They walked into a hangar where an irreplaceable bi-plane was parked. A Tutling didn't get why they were stealing a plane. Tut called him a fool and mused if he owned a flying chariot when he first ruled, everyone would be speaking Egyptian today. The Tutling asked what was the matter with normal English. Tut told him never mind. The engine started, Tut put on goggles, and they flew off. The plane was later stolen by Two-Face. The annual millionaires' soiree was planned to end in a midnight tour of Gotham City. Since the tour was hosted by the Nile Double-Decker Company, it was a target of King Tut. To make matters worse, Aunt Harriet and Alfred Pennyworth were on the bus in Bruce Wayne and Dick Grayson's place.
King Tut and the Tutlings jumped down from an overpass and proceeded with a robbery. He could not get a word in because of all the clamoring so he yelled at them to shut up. Batman and Robin caught up in the Batmobile. Batman ordered them to surrender and to throw themselves on the mercy of the court. Tut retorted he would be begging for mercy. They fought. Batman pushed the Bat-Net button on his belt and told Pennyworth to get the patrons to safety. The Tutlings were knocked out but Tut opened a peanuts tin and paper snakes sprang out. The fangs on them pierced Batman and Robin's chests. The fast-acting venom applied through the fangs knocked them out. They were taken to the construction site of the Pyramid Towers and placed inside canopic jars in a pit. After they came to, Tut had cement poured on them. They broke away using the Bat-jets in their boots. They shot out of the cement and landed on the Tutlings. They punched Tut at the same time. He drifted over to a pile of bricks and was hit in the head by one.
Professor McElroy came to and realized Tut went on another spree. Twin 1 and Twin 2, Two-Face's henchmen, sneaked onto the site and stole the bag of loot from the bus robbery. Commissioner Gordon and Chief O'Hara reported the stolen valuables from the midnight tour of Gotham and the bi-plane were all missing. McElroy had no memory of what Tut did with it. O'Hara thought his answer was malarkey but Batman reminded him Tut committed the crime. Robin pointed out when McElroy was knocked on the head, he forgot everything he did as Tut. O'Hara misinterpreted Robin and hit McElroy in the head with his club. Tut was insulted. O'Hara demanded to know where the stolen items were and called him a felonious pharaoh. Tut refused to reveal his secrets, grabbed the club and hit himself. McElroy asked what was happening. O'Hara remarked even the pyramids were eventually pried open and hit him again. Tut vowed he would have to chase him through the 12 gates of the afterlife, but even then he still wouldn't talk. He called O'Hara a flatfoot and hit himself. McElroy wondered why his head hurt so bad. O'Hara refused to give up.
Batman stopped him and concluded the only recourse was to wait for McElroy to have his day in court. Lucilee Diamond, his public defender, stepped in and stated she would make sure he was a free man. While McElroy met his public defender, Gordon asked Dent outside in the hall if he thought he had a case. Dent was confident he did but confessed half of him wished he confessed so they could save the city the expense of a lengthy trial. During the trial of Professor McElroy, O'Hara was called to the stand. Diamond asked him if McElroy ever broke the law when he was not King Tut. O'Hara was not sure and told her she would have to ask Batman. She asked O'Hara to confirm that when McElroy was not suffering the effects of a concussive state that brings on the King Tut identity, he was a mild-mannered, harmless member of society. O'Hara repeated the previous statement. Harvey Dent objected on the grounds that counsel was confusing the witness. Diamond quipped that was not hard to do. The judge overruled. Diamond asked him if he tried to extract a confession by bludgeoning McElroy to recreate a concussive state. Dent objected and pointed out King Tut was on trial here, not the professor. O'Hara sobbed and confessed to hitting McElroy during interrogation. Diamond had no further questions and thanked O'Hara. O'Hara replied it was his honor to serve. From the gallery, Commissioner Gordon groaned.
Dent called his next witness, Batman. Everyone, including Batman, was shocked. Dent asked Batman how he would rate King Tut as criminal masterminds go. Batman testified King Tut was one of his most deadly adversaries but believed with proper rehabilitation, Tut could someday be a productive member of society. Dent twisted Batman's words to make it an opinion that Tut had to be sent to prison in order to get the rehabilitation he needed. Before Batman could clarify himself, Dent cut him off and stated he had no further questions. He called Professor McElroy to the stand next. McElroy gasped. Dent summarized that McElroy stated for the court that he had no memory of his actions when King Tut takes over. McElroy confirmed he had none whatsoever. He added no one was more horrified by King Tut's actions than he was. Dent asked him if it was true that without his expertise in Egyptology, Tut couldn't commit his crimes. McElroy supposed that was true. Dent concluded that Tut used McElroy's knowledge of his crimes, making the professor the real mastermind. McElroy was shocked and speechless. McElroy was sentenced to 15 years with possible time off for good behavior.