Tamara Caulder was an unusual child born with the power of telepathy.
History[]
Tamara was a child born to poor parents in Gotham. She was also born with special telepathic abilities. Somehow, the Brain Trust uncovered this information and determined to kidnap her to indoctrinate her as one of them. So, Bombshell and Invulnerable Man approached Tamara's parents with the false pretense of offering help. They told them about a special school for the gifted, the Academy of Arts and Sciences. However, when her parents realized she had forgotten to pack her favorite toy, they tried to call them up, but to no avail. The school turned out to be a fraud, so they reported Tamara missing.
While she was being transported on a stormy night, the vehicle was struck by lightning and plummeted to the ground. Batman, who was patrolling the skies, went to her rescue. Tamara exchanged a distressing look with him. On the next day, she made telepathic contact with Terry at school, pleading for help. However, Terry didn't respond to her, so she tried again later when he was in the Batcave. Encouraged by Bruce Wayne, Terry talked to Tamara, who showed him the hotel room where she was being kept. Although the message was cut short by Invulnerable Man, Terry managed to ascertain she was at Gotham Park Towers.
When Batman went to her rescue, Tamara telepathically warned him he was being ambushed. Later on, she contacted Terry again and told him she was being kept in a boat and showed him the whereabouts, allowing Batman to track her down. He broke her out, but they were intercepted by Bombshell and Invulnerable Man. While Batman was taking a beating from them, Tamara intervened, using her telepathic powers to give Batman the opportunity to overpower Bombshell. She then unleashed a telepathic beam that rendered Invulnerable Man blind, thus unable to do them any harm.
Afterwards, Tamara was returned to her parents, and placed under protective custody. They were moved to a better place and Tamara received professional help to deal with her powers.
Powers[]
Tamara was an especially accomplished telepath for her age. She was able to communicate with others from great distances, and apparently was able to make a link with their minds after seeing them only once. She was able to contact Terry at school the day after she first encountered him, despite knowing nothing about him or his whereabouts beforehand. She could also project her image into a person's mind and allow that person to literally see through her own eyes. She also, apparently, had some ability to cast illusions, such as the projection of her favorite doll grown to monstrous size used to distract Bombshell. She was also capable of projecting a psychic blast from her eyes that was capable of causing blindness, though this power only seemed to show itself when Tamara was in a state of extreme anger.
Background information[]
Tamara is voiced by Mara Wilson, who began acting as a child. One of her notable roles was the title character in the film adaptation of Roald Dahl's novel "Matilda", a young girl with an astonishing intellect who also develops telekinetic abilities.
Appearance[]
Batman Beyond
The Zeta Project
- "The Wrong Morph" (Cameo on picture)