Doom Patrol (group)


 * For other uses of the name Doom Patrol, see Doom Patrol (disambiguation).

The Doom Patrol is a group of superheroes active in the 50's. They had many battles with the Brotherhood of Evil, before a disastrous fight with Mr. Nobody caused them all to go insane. Now, the original members live in a shared illusion created by Mento, with Joshua Clay as their caretaker. Throughout the decades, Jane, the dominant identity of a traumatized woman with dissociative identity disorder; Rita Farr, who struggles to prevent her body from turning to a gelatinous state; Larry Trainor, who has an entity of negative energy living inside of him; and Cliff Steele, whose brain was placed in a robot body following a car crash.

In 2019, the Chief is captured by the malevolent Mr. Nobody, sending the Doom Patrol on a journey to rescue him. Along the way, the team is later joined by cybernetically-enhanced superhero Vic Stone. They discover secrets about themselves and the Chief, whom they eventually learn is responsible for the tragic events that gave them their powers.

History
During the 50s, the Doom Patrol was a minor superhero team organized by Niles Caulder. They dueled frequently with the Brotherhood of Evil, specifically its leader Ultimax. Eventually, they managed to capture Ultimax's helm, though the Brain got away.

The Doom Patrol's final fight was against Mr. Nobody. On Memorial Day weekend, Nobody deployed a jukebox on a hot air balloon shaped like a butt into a crowded park. The jukebox played "Hawt Diggity" by Perry Como on repeat, and within 20 minutes had driven anyone in earshot insane. When the police arrived on the scene, they were hit with a Transformer Ray, changing them all into Piñatas. The crazed crowd then ripped open the Piñatas, eating the candy inside. Arani Desai described this as the most horrible thing she'd ever seen.

When the Doom Patrol finally did arrive on the scene, they were met by Mr. Nobody and a horde of Vinyl Warriors, entities made of long-playing records. Mr. Nobody used the Doom Patrol's fears against them, causing them to turn on each other.

In the aftermath of the fight, the Doom Patrol grew even more volatile, frequently lashing out using their powers. This lead Niles to decide that they were too dangerous to be kept free, so he placed them in their own house, where they inhabited a shared delusion created by Mento while they were kept sedated. Eventually, the Metahuman Joshua Clay was brought on board to live with look over the aging Doom Patrol, and he continued to look after the aging Doom Patrol after the Chief's disappearance.

Current Members

 * Niles Caulder / The Chief (leader)
 * Kay Challis / Crazy Jane
 * Kay Challis's personalities
 * Rita Farr / Elasti-Woman
 * Dorothy Spinner
 * Cliffe Steele / Robotman
 * Victor "Vic" Stone / Cyborg
 * Larry Trainor / Negative Man
 * Negative Spirit

Former Members

 * Steve Dayton / Mento (retired)
 * Arani Desai / Celsius (retired)
 * Rhea Jones / Lodestone (retired)
 * Flex Mentallo

Known Allies

 * Joshua Clay (caretaker of the original Doom Patrol)
 * Danny the Street


 * Flex Mentallo
 * Morris Willson / Maura Lee Karupt
 * Dannyzens
 * Willoughby Kipling
 * SeX-Men
 * Silas Stone

Current Enemies

 * Bureau of Normalcy
 * Darren Jones
 * Charles Forsythe
 * Agent Dirk Ellis
 * Candlemaker
 * Ernest Franklin / Beard Hunter
 * Eric Morden / Mr. Nobody
 * Red Jack
 * Roni Evers
 * Jonathan Tyme / Doctor Tyme

Former Enemies

 * Brotherhood of Dangerous Animals
 * Admiral Whiskers (deceased)
 * Ezekiel (deceased)
 * Brotherhood of Evil
 * Ultimax / The Brain (retired)
 * Monsieur Mallah (retired)
 * Cult of the Unwritten Book
 * Martha Patterson (deceased)
 * Todd Patterson (deceased)
 * Elliot Patterson (deceased)
 * Dry Bachelors (deceased)
 * Hoodmen (deceased)
 * Little Sisters of our Lady the Razor (deceased)
 * Heinrich Von Fuchs (deceased)
 * Shadowy Mr. Evans (deceased)
 * Scant Queen (deceased)
 * Scants (deceased)

Season 1

 * "Paw Patrol" (mentioned)
 * "Doom Patrol Patrol"
 * "Therapy Patrol" (mentioned)
 * "Frances Patrol" (mentioned)
 * "Ezekiel Patrol" (mentioned)

Season 2
• "Tyme Patrol" (mentioned)