Sphere of Skaratata
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Real Identity: Not Applicable
Appearances (Bat-Fam): Game Knight and Interview With a Batman
Powers: Lie Detection
Voiced By: Not Applicable
Ra's a' Ghul happily defied Bruce Wayne's strict prohibition of dark magic in Wayne Manor to help his grandson Damian in order to prove Bruce's childhood friend Alicia Pennyworth was a villain. He conjured the Sphere of Skaratata and told them that whoever lies while holding it would draw the wrath of the demon Skaratata inside it. Those who lie are taken by Skaratata to the underworld for an eternity of suffering. Claire Selton devised a plan to make up a game with the sphere and catch Alicia in a lie. Damian thought it was harsh to use a demon but agreed to help Claire so she could prove her worth to Bruce Wayne. Ra's requested they say Alfred gave it to them if they got caught with it. Bruce, however, was a stickler for his game night schedule and turned down their many attempts. After basketball, Alicia noticed and suggested letting the children pick the next game. Bruce relented and they proposed hot potato with a spin: whoever caught it had to answer the thrower's question. Bruce became suspicious but Alicia told them the truth, she ran a counseling group, called E*vil, to help ex-supervillains become upstanding citizens.
When Bruce asked what was going on, Damian lied for Claire and claimed only Little Batman acted alone in a fight with supervillains that caused a building bought with the intent to be turned into a home to collapse. Skaratata emerged from the sphere and demanded the liar. Once Damian and Claire fessed up to Batman, he called out for Ra's. Ra's changed his tune once he learned Skaratata was going to take Damian to the underworld. He presented a spell that had to be placed on Skaratata's forehead the moment someone opened the sphere. Ra's and Batman opened the sphere while Claire and Little Batman applied the spell. Skaratata was forcibly pulled back into the sphere. During the clean up, Alicia wondered what the chances were something like Skaratata was going to happen again. Man-Bat played with the sphere...
While Vicki Vale interviewed the Wayne family in the manor, Ra's and Man-Bat were kept in the lakeside cabin. Ra's tired of playing marbles and brought the Sphere of Skaratata to him and smashed the marbles. E*Vil was later stashed in the cabin but they got free. King Tut picked up the Sphere of Skaratata to use to bludgeon Man-Bat and boasted he could kick Batman's big bad butt. Ra's al Ghul warned those who lied while holding it would earn the wrath of the demon in it. Skaratata was freed again. Man-Bat got his name wrong, Tater-tata. Ra's told them they just had to put him back in the sphere. Tut dropped it and it shattered into pieces. Luckily, Batman had a back up sphere and fired it out of the Batjet at Skaratata once they turned Tut's lie into a truth. Skaratata declared he hated them and was imprisoned once again. Bruce walked out of the bushes wondering what that was all about and picked up the sphere.