Just off the top of my head, there’s Scarecrow, Ivy, Harley, Hugo Strange, Kirk Langstrom, and I think I read that Freeze had his revoked.

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    A deeply traumatized sociopath trust fund billionaire that keeps bullying the scientists who only want to save the planet.

    Yup, that tracks.

    Wait…

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    Batman is the world’s greatest detective. His villains need to compete on an intellectual level, and in fiction a doctorate is short-hand for “smart” and “an expert in the field.”

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    He doesn’t have a doctorate but Joker is stated to be an expert chemist almost on par with Scarecrow, just different focuses.

    Ra’s Al Ghul is 600 years old, a master of multiple martial arts and languages, has first-hand knowledge of all kinds of history, and is the leader of the League of Shadows.

    And I’d be willing to throw most supernatural villains in the list too.

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      It’s not the intelligence I find as interesting as the formal education prior to villainy.

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      the only one of my friends with a PHD is also the most supervillain-y.

      I can’t name anyone I know with PhD but I do know a lot of medical doctors and students. Bro those people are just built different. Looking at my sister she seems like a superhuman with how she’s juggling work, studying and still managing to be the “mom-core” at home that keeps their family running. Huge respect for her, but she could for sure make a good supervillain

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      Something about lobotomizing Jim Gordon and the Mayor to take over the city. His hideout would have to be an incredibly conspicuous pyramid in which he stores grain, so I guess the theme should lean into that.

      “Dr. Pharaoh”, maybe? He dresses like a pharaoh but he has a surgeons mask, stethoscope, and that old timey mirror on a headband. He throws scalpels much like Batman does batarangs, and has goons dressed like Egyptian royal servants who carry him on a palanquin.

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      Continue the thought to its natural conclusion: That was back before degrees were financed with tax payer money… which allowed people to fall into indentured servitude with debilitating repayment schemes that most will carry until they die. Pros: Someone way smarter than you is making your coffee, waiting on you, driving you around, and delivering your packages. Cons: Society doesn’t actually get to benefit from the advanced degree it fronted the money for.