The Ratcatcher is name of two fictional supervillains appearing in American comic books and other media published by DC Comics. The character first appeared in Detective Comics #585 (April 1988) and was created by Alan Grant, John Wagner, and Norm Breyfogle. He is an enemy of Batman.
He is a rat-catcher in Gotham City and known as Otis Flannegan. He called himself the Ratcatcher because of his special powers to talk with and train rats.
A second and female version of the character, named Cleo Cazo / Ratcatcher 2 and shown as the daughter of the original Ratcatcher, made her cinematic debut in the DC Extended Universe movie The Suicide Squad (2021), portrayed by Daniela Melchior.
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