Changes: Royal Flush Gang

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"The Justice League found themselves cleaning up one of my old messes. The second group of villains to call themselves the Royal Flush Gang. Or the third—who can keep it all straight?"
— Amanda Waller^[1]

There have been several incarnations of the Royal Flush Gang. Each gang always consist of a King, Queen, Jack, Ten and Ace.

Aristocratic Crime Gangs

Over the years, several aristocratic crime gangs existed where they bring in new members (i.e. sons, daughters, husbands, wives) when the old ones retire or go to jail. At one point, a King was in charge of several members (the two being his daughter and a Jack) to which Batman broke up the group.^[2]^[3]

Joker's Royal Flush Gang

The members of the first Royal Flush Gang were subjects of metahuman research. The Joker freed them from a government facility and formed the group. Dressed up as playing cards, the Royal Flush Gang did Joker's bidding of fighting the Justice League.

Members

Ace: Vast mind-bending powers which enable her to drive anyone insane with just a single look.
Jack: Empowered with superhuman elasticity.
King: Shoots super-hot plasma bolts, usually focused through his cane.
Queen: Able to telekinetically control and reshape any kind of metal to her own will.
Ten: Has superhuman strength and durability.

Ace's Royal Flush Gang

After her powers had evolved to telekinetically warping reality, Ace recruited a new Royal Flush Gang armed with powers she gave them. However, her new gang did not "play" with her and faced the Justice League on their own before being defeated. Shortly after, Ace passed on and took the effects of her powers with her. As such, the rest of the gang reverted to their natural forms.^[1]

Members

Walker Family's Royal Flush Gang

The family of crooks known as the Royal Flush Gang preyed on Gotham City during the new Batman's tenure. The gang utilizes weapons shaped like playing cards and flies across the city on card-shaped boards. While they do not have any superhuman powers, the members possess high-tech weaponry: King is a master swordsman, Queen wields a scepter-like weapon, Jack is a master with knives, Ace is an android, and Ten is the computer hacker.

Members

Background information

Trivia

The members of Joker's Royal Flush Gang were voiced by the five voice actors that voiced the Teen Titans in the non-DCAU show Teen Titans:
- Scott Menville (King and Robin)
- Greg Cipes (Jack and Beast Boy)
- Tara Strong (Queen and Raven)
- Khary Payton (Ten and Cyborg)
- Hynden Walch (Ace and Starfire)

Appearances and references

Batman Beyond

"Dead Man's Hand"
"Once Burned"
"Where's Terry?" ^{(Mentioned Only)}
"King's Ransom"
"Countdown" ^{(Mentioned Only)}

Gotham Girls

"Hear Me Roar" ^{(Mentioned Only)}

Justice League

"Wild Cards"

Justice League Unlimited

"Fearful Symmetry" ^{(Mentioned Only)}
"Epilogue"

Notes and references

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 Timm, Bruce, McDuffie, Dwayne (story) & McDuffie, Dwayne (teleplay) & Riba, Dan (director) (July 23, 2005). "Epilogue". Justice League Unlimited. Season 1. Episode 26 (airdate). Episode 26 (production). Cartoon Network.
↑ Berkowitz, Stan (writer) & Riba, Dan (director) (March 21, 1999). "Dead Man's Hand". Batman Beyond. Season 1. Episode 8 (airdate). Episode 6 (production). Kids WB!.
↑ Fogel, Rich (writer) & Lukic, Butch (director) (September 16, 2000). "King's Ransom". Batman Beyond. Season 3. Episode 1 (airdate). Episode 42 (production). Kids WB!.

[epilogue-1] 1.0 ^1.1 Timm, Bruce, McDuffie, Dwayne (story) & McDuffie, Dwayne (teleplay) & Riba, Dan (director) (July 23, 2005). "Epilogue". Justice League Unlimited. Season 1. Episode 26 (airdate). Episode 26 (production). Cartoon Network.

[2] Berkowitz, Stan (writer) & Riba, Dan (director) (March 21, 1999). "Dead Man's Hand". Batman Beyond. Season 1. Episode 8 (airdate). Episode 6 (production). Kids WB!.

[3] Fogel, Rich (writer) & Lukic, Butch (director) (September 16, 2000). "King's Ransom". Batman Beyond. Season 3. Episode 1 (airdate). Episode 42 (production). Kids WB!.

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-{{quote|The [[Justice League]] found themselves cleaning up one of my old messes. The second group of villains to call themselves the Royal Flush Gang. Or the third&mdash;who can keep it all straight?|[[Amanda Waller]]|source=<ref name="epilogue">{{jlu}}, "[[Epilogue]]"</ref>}}
+{{quote|The [[Justice League]] found themselves cleaning up one of my old messes. The second group of villains to call themselves the Royal Flush Gang. Or the third—who can keep it all straight?|[[Amanda Waller]]|source=<ref name="epilogue">{{ep ref|jlu|126}}</ref>}}
-There have been three incarnations of the '''Royal Flush Gang'''. Each gang has consisted of a [[King]], [[Queen]], [[Jack]], [[Ten]] and [[Ace]].
+There have been several incarnations of the '''Royal Flush Gang'''. Each gang always consist of a [[King]], [[Queen]], [[Jack]], [[Ten]] and [[Ace]].
-== Joker's Royal Flush Gang ==
+== Aristocratic Crime Gangs ==
+Over the years, several aristocratic crime gangs existed where they bring in new members (i.e. sons, daughters, husbands, wives) when the old ones retire or go to jail. At one point, a King was in charge of several members (the two being [[Queen (Walker Family)|his daughter]] and [[King (Walker Family)|a Jack]]) to which [[Batman]] broke up the group.<ref>{{ep ref|bb|108}}</ref><ref>{{ep ref|bb|301}}</ref>
-[[File:Joker's Royal Flush Gang.png|300px|thumb|The First Royal Flush Gang.]]
-{{Quote|Oh, you're breaking an old man's heart, kids! Stand up to them, like I would! ...If I were there. And if I had super powers. And...oh for Pete's sake go back there and beat on them!|[[Joker|The Joker]]|source=<ref>{{jl}}, "[[Wild Cards, Part I]]"</ref>}}
+== [[Joker]]'s Royal Flush Gang ==
-The members of the first Royal Flush Gang were subjects of United States government [[metahuman]] research. The [[Joker]] freed them from a government facility and formed the group. Dressed up as playing cards, the Royal Flush Gang did the Joker's bidding of fighting the [[Justice League]].
+[[File:Joker's Royal Flush Gang.png|300px|thumb|The Joker's Royal Flush Gang.]]
+The members of the first Royal Flush Gang were subjects of [[metahuman]] [[Project Cadmus|research]]. The [[Joker]] freed them from a government facility and formed the group. Dressed up as playing cards, the Royal Flush Gang did Joker's bidding of fighting the [[Justice League]].
 === Members ===
 * [[Ace (metahuman)|Ace]]: Vast mind-bending powers which enable her to drive anyone insane with just a single look.
 * [[Jack (metahuman)|Jack]]: Empowered with superhuman elasticity.
-* [[King (metahuman)|King]]: Shoots superhot plasma bolts, usually focused through his cane.
+* [[King (metahuman)|King]]: Shoots super-hot plasma bolts, usually focused through his cane.
 * [[Queen (metahuman)|Queen]]: Able to telekinetically control and reshape any kind of metal to her own will.
-* [[Ten (metahuman)|Ten]]: Has superhuman strength and is impervious to physical pain.
+* [[Ten (metahuman)|Ten]]: Has superhuman strength and durability.
 == Ace's Royal Flush Gang ==
-After her powers had evolved to telekinetically warping reality, [[Ace (metahuman)|Ace]] recruited a new Gang armed with powers she gave them. However, the new gang did not "play" with her and faced the Justice League on their own before being defeated. Shortly after, Ace passed on and took the effects of her powers with her. As such, the rest of the gang reverted to their natural forms.<ref name="epilogue"/>
+After her powers had evolved to telekinetically warping reality, [[Ace (metahuman)|Ace]] recruited a new Royal Flush Gang armed with powers she gave them. However, her new gang did not "play" with her and faced the Justice League on their own before being defeated. Shortly after, Ace passed on and took the effects of her powers with her. As such, the rest of the gang reverted to their natural forms.<ref name="epilogue" />
 === Members ===
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 * [[Ten (Ace's Royal Flush Gang)|Ten]]
+== Walker Family's Royal Flush Gang ==
-== Unknown Gangs ==
+[[File:Walker Family.png|300px|thumb|The Walker Family's Royal Flush Gang]]
-It's alluded to that several unseen gangs existed where the Walker family are descended from. It's explained that they bring in new members (i.e. sons, daughters, husbands, wives) when the old ones retire or go to jail. At one point, a "King" was in charge of several members (two being [[Queen (Walker Family)|his daughter]] and [[King (Walker Family)|a Jack]]) to which [[Batman]] broke up the group.<ref>{{bb}}, "[[Dead Man's Hand]]"</ref><ref>Idem, "[[King's Ransom]]"</ref>
+The family of crooks known as the Royal Flush Gang preyed on [[Gotham City]] during the new [[Batman (Terry McGinnis)|Batman]]'s tenure. The gang utilizes weapons shaped like playing cards and flies across the city on card-shaped boards. While they do not have any superhuman powers, the members possess high-tech weaponry: [[King (Walker Family)|King]] is a master swordsman, [[Queen (Walker Family)|Queen]] wields a scepter-like weapon, [[Jack (Walker Family)|Jack]] is a master with knives, [[Ace (robot)|Ace]] is an android, and [[Melanie Walker|Ten]] is the computer hacker.
-== Walker Family ==
-[[File:Walker Family.png|300px|thumb|The Third (known) Royal Flush Gang]]
-The family of crooks known as the Royal Flush Gang preyed on [[Gotham City]] during [[Batman (Terry McGinnis)|Batman II]]'s tenure. The gang utilizes weapons shaped like playing cards and flies across the city on card-shaped boards. While they don't have any superhuman powers, [[King (Walker Family)|King]] is a master swordsman and [[Ace (robot)|Ace]] is an android. Several of its members possess high-tech weaponry. [[Melanie Walker|Ten]], the daughter of the bunch, is torn between her gentle and ruthless sides and develops a rather not-completely-professional relationship with Batman.
 === Members ===
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 == Background information ==
 === Trivia ===
-* The members of the first Royal Flush Gang were voiced by the five voice actors that voiced the Titans in the non-DCAU show ''[[Teen Titans]]'':
+* The members of Joker's Royal Flush Gang were voiced by the five voice actors that voiced the Teen Titans in the non-DCAU show ''[[Teen Titans]]'':
-** [[Scott Menville]] ([[King (metahuman)|King]] and Robin)
+** [[Scott Menville]] ([[King (metahuman)|King]] and [[Nightwing|Robin]])
-** [[Hynden Walch]] ([[Ace (metahuman)|Ace]] and Starfire)
 ** [[Greg Cipes]] ([[Jack (metahuman)|Jack]] and Beast Boy)
 ** [[Tara Strong]] ([[Queen (metahuman)|Queen]] and Raven)
 ** [[Khary Payton]] ([[Ten (metahuman)|Ten]] and Cyborg)
+** [[Hynden Walch]] ([[Ace (metahuman)|Ace]] and Starfire)
 == Appearances and references ==
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 * "[[Epilogue]]"
-==Notes and references==
+== Notes and references ==
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+[[Category:Batman Beyond rogues]]