Toyman (DCAU)
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The Toyman is a DC Comics character that appeared in the DC Animated Universe.
His first appearance was in the 1990s series Superman: The Animated Series (voiced by Bud Cort) as a man wearing a mask similar to a doll's head. His arsenal weapons include a bouncing ball that can smash concrete and an "inescapable" bubble-blower. In this version, Winslow Schott is the son of a kindly toymaker, who spends all day in his father's shop watching him make toys. Gangsters take over the shop and use it as a front for a numbers racket. When the police uncover the scheme, the gangsters flee, leaving the elder Schott to be arrested and imprisoned for embezzlement. Winslow is left on his own, and he spends several years in abusive and neglectful foster homes. By the time he reaches adulthood, Winslow is mentally ill. Making use of his natural aptitude for mechanics, he decides to make up for his ruined childhood by terrorizing the world and stealing money to amass his own personal fortunes. He appears in two episodes: "Fun and Games" and "Obsession." His plans revolve around Darcy, a lifelike android created to be his companion, but he also seeks revenge against Bruno Mannheim, the criminal who wronged his father, and Superman. This Toyman also appears in Static Shock, again voiced by Bud Cort. In the episode "Toys in the Hood," Toyman orders Darcy to capture Static's friend Daisy so she can be Darcy's new body. After Superman and Static confront Toyman, Darcy betrays Toyman and tries to escape, only to discover that Toyman had implanted a fail-safe device programmed to destroy her if she turned on him. Darcy's body melts, and Toyman is taken to jail. In an episode of Justice League, Toyman is a member of the Superman Revenge Squad, and during their attack on the city, Superman takes a blast from Toyman's machine and is sent into the future. Corey Burton played Toyman here. In Justice League Unlimited, Toyman is a member of Grodd's Legion of Doom. He is prominently featured in the episode Alive, in which he becomes the pilot of the Legion of Doom's spaceship. When a riot erupts and divides the villains into two factions, he holds his own and defeats Killer Frost with a yo-yo. Bud Cort reprises him here.
