Fuseli
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Real Identity: Fuseli
Appearances (Episodes): #LivingTheNightmare and #HappyBirthdayZee (flashback only)
Powers/Skills: Nightmare Manipulation, Fear Absorption, Portal Generation, Teleportation, and Shape Shifting
Voiced By: Steve Blum
Fuseli is the Lord of Night Terrors and a demon who feeds on fears and insecurities in nightmares. Fuseli eventually targeted the nightmares of the Super Hero Girls, during a sleep over at Zee Zatara's hotel residence. Luckily, Zatara lacked fear and insecurities and Kara Danvers' dangling leg woke her up. She pushed it away then turned over. Danvers' kicked in her sleep and launched Zatara into the TV. She stood up from the floor annoyed but noticed everyone was whimpering in their sleep. She opened one of Beecher's eyelids and realized magic was at play. Zatara went to her bed and took her spell book out. She recited a new spell and learned it then she lied back down, crossed her arms, and cast the spell. She astral projected herself then went into Karen Beecher first. Beecher was subjected to her fear of public speaking. Fuseli hid among the panel present and taunted Beecher as she tried to lecture about the quantum mechanical model of the atom. Zatara tried to reason with her in vain. Beecher was suddenly wearing the bunny pajamas from her Aunt Carol. Fuseli mocked Beecher then opened a portal and jumped through it.
Zatara pursued the being into Diana's nightmare. Diana warned Zatara to stay quiet because "they" approached, those with jaws of steel, fangs like swords, whose kind have terrorized the forests of Earth since time immemorial, ravaging whatever creature they should find for their supper yet in the world of Man, these same monsters were placed in the cradles of infants. Teddy bears of many colors appeared to them. Zatara was not impressed with Diana's fear of bears. The teddy bears kept saying "I like to hug" over and over as they swarmed around Diana and buried her alive. Zatara tried in vain to pull them away. A green teddy bear stop the pile shifted its face into a sinister grin then twisted only its head towards Zatara, laughed, and jumped through a portal. Zatara followed. The dream realm represented Metropolis. Suddenly, Batgirl dropped out of the sky into her arms. Batgirl was noticeably scared and urged her to run away. Zatara scoffed and figured it was Easter bunnies. Flying sharks rained down on them.
Batgirl outran Zatara and yelled for the shark-repellent Bat-Spray. Zatara had no idea what she was talking about then realized she was holding a tray of Bat-Sprays. One for whales, one for manta rays, and one for sharks. The evil teddy bear from Wonder Woman's nightmare rode one of the sharks. The bear revealed its impish form. Batgirl sprayed the shark and the it skidded across the street. The imp left the nightmare in a portal. The realm now resembled Metropolis High. She called out asking who he was. Fuseli introduced himself as the bump in the night, the monster under the bed, Lord of Night Terrors. She wasn't impressed and asked why he was in her friends' dreams. He corrected her. He was in their nightmares. While he filed his claws, he remarked nightmares were where the fun was and were he could feed off fear and insecurity. Fuseli darted around in a game of cat and mouse with Zatara. She eventually found Cruz in the library Fuseli pointed out types like her had a gold mine of fears and insecurities if you dug deep enough.
A female voice told Cruz she wasn't good enough. Books with teeth starting flying around telling Cruz she was weak and useless. Fuseli joked they sounded like his ex. The bookshelves closed in around Cruz. Zatara tried to cast but could not. Fuseli teleported around and revealed her she had no power in nightmares. The bookshelves started to close in around Zatara but she got an idea and opened a portal to her dream. It was where she would have her magic powers because she lacked fear or insecurity. Fuseli was not impressed. She changed into Zatanna and blasted at him. He skidded around and dodged her blasts then hid under her bed and found a chest. He realized she didn't know what it was and someone else magically locked her fears away for her. He unlocked it by changing an index finger into a key and Nega-Zatanna manifested, the culmination of the fear she had of herself and what her magic might do. Fuseli found that to be the funnest kind. Zatanna strained to repel Nega-Zatanna's magic.
Fuseli laughed and mimicked Zatanna's prior claim she had no fears and insecurities. She realized it was still her magic and despite what she knew, what she had yet to discover, good or bad, light or dark, it was her magic to do with as she chose. Fuseli became nervous. She absorbed all of the magic and Nega-Zatanna then pulled Fuseli to her. He frantically tried to hold onto her bed post but lost his grip and she held him close. She woke up with Fuseli. The other girls soon woke up, too. Zatara explained Fuseli was the source of their nightmares and he was now completely, totally, and utterly powerless in their realm. Danvers asked what they should do with him. Zatara mused it should have to do with fears and insecurities. Fuseli gulped at her implication. He was put to work at Burrito Bucket. He charged a man $800 for a 49 cent burrito. Gordon reminded him to give the customers fair prices and quality product they expect from Burrito Bucket and that if he made it through his six month quality control edit without an errors, he would be eligible for a bonus, or middle management if he made it a year. Fuseli remarked it was a nightmare.