Madame Rouge

Madame Rouge (Laura De Mille) is a supervillain appearing in DC Comics, primarily as an enemy of the Doom Patrol. She first appeared in Doom Patrol #86 (March 1964), and was created by Arnold Drake.^[1][2]

Madame Rouge
Madame Rouge as depicted in Who's Who: The Definitive Directory of the DC Universe #14 (April 1986). Art by John Byrne.
Publication information
Publisher	DC Comics
First appearance	Doom Patrol #86 (March 1964)
Created by	Arnold Drake
In-story information
Alter ego	Laura De Mille
Team affiliations	Brotherhood of Evil Black Lantern Corps
Abilities	Shapeshifting Elasticity Disguise intuition

Michelle Gomez portrays the character in the third and fourth seasons of the HBO Max series Doom Patrol.

Fictional character biography

Laura De Mille is a French actress who develops an evil split personality following an automobile accident. The Brain and Monsieur Mallah recruit her into the Brotherhood of Evil and perform several surgeries to give her shapeshifting abilities and suppress her good half.

The Chief later helps Rouge overcome her evil side and ally with the Doom Patrol. After reverting to her evil state, Rouge returns to battling the Doom Patrol before Changeling kills her.^[3]

Madame Rouge has largely remained dead since. In Blackest Night, she is temporarily resurrected as a Black Lantern. Furthermore, her daughter Gemini succeeds her as a member of the Brotherhood of Evil.^[4][5][6]

Powers and abilities

Originally, Madame Rouge was a master of disguise.^[7] Later, the Brain alters Rouge's molecular structure, giving her an amorphous physiology. She can stretch her body to incredible lengths and mimic the appearance of any person at will.^[8]

In other media

Television

• Madame Rouge appears in the fifth season of Teen Titans, voiced by Hynden Walch.^[9] This version is an arrogant and sadistic member of the Brotherhood of Evil who sports an Eastern European accent, red costume, and expanded shapeshifting abilities.
• Madame Rouge appears in the DC Nation short "The Spy Within the Doom Patrol", voiced by Debra Wilson.
• Madame Rouge appears in Teen Titans Go! (2013), voiced again by Hynden Walch.^[9]
• Madame Rouge appears in Doom Patrol, portrayed by Michelle Gomez.^[10] This version is a member of the Bureau of Normalcy who becomes amnesiac due to time travel, subsequently allying with the Doom Patrol, the Sisterhood of Dada, and the Brotherhood of Evil at various points in the series.

Miscellaneous

• Madame Rouge appears in Justice League Unlimited #31 and Justice League Adventures #6.
• Madame Rouge appears in Teen Titans Go! (2004).

References

1. Cowsill, Alan; Irvine, Alex; Korte, Steve; Manning, Matt; Wiacek, Win; Wilson, Sven (2016). The DC Comics Encyclopedia: The Definitive Guide to the Characters of the DC Universe. DK Publishing. p. 189. ISBN 978-1-4654-5357-0.
2. Rovin, Jeff (1987). The Encyclopedia of Supervillains. New York: Facts on File. pp. 197–198. ISBN 0-8160-1356-X.
3. Beatty, Scott (2008). "Doom Patrol". In Dougall, Alastair (ed.). The DC Comics Encyclopedia. New York: Dorling Kindersley. p. 109. ISBN 978-0-7566-4119-1. OCLC 213309017.
4. Cowsill, Alan; Irvine, Alex; Manning, Matthew K.; McAvennie, Michael; Wallace, Daniel (2019). DC Comics Year By Year: A Visual Chronicle. DK Publishing. p. 278. ISBN 978-1-4654-8578-6.
5. Blackest Night #1. DC Comics.
6. Blackest Night #3. DC Comics.
7. Doom Patrol #86. DC Comics.
8. Doom Patrol #90. DC Comics.
9. "Madame Rouge Voices (DC Universe)". Behind The Voice Actors. Retrieved December 15, 2023. A green check mark indicates that a role has been confirmed using a screenshot (or collage of screenshots) of a title's list of voice actors and their respective characters found in its credits or other reliable sources of information.
10. Del Rosario, Alexandra (September 1, 2021). "Doom Patrol: Michelle Gomez's Madame Rouge Makes Her Time Travel Grand Entrance In Season 3 Trailer". Deadline. Retrieved September 2, 2021.

External links

• Comics 101 article regarding the Doom Patrol