TITAN

Villainous Item
TITAN
Full Name	TITAN (also originally spelled "Titan")
Alias	Titan Formula (sometimes spelled as "TITAN Formula) Titan Compound (sometimes spelled as "TITAN Compound)
Origin	Batman: Arkham Asylum
Object	Chemical compound
Creation	Before Batman: Arkham Asylum
Location	Arkham Asylum Gotham City Arkham City
Users	The Joker Bane Penguin Harley Quinn
Victims	Batman Bane The Joker Titan Henchman Terry and Tracy Trask/T&T Various Arkham Asylum staff Various members of Gotham City crime organizations
Usage / Powers	Super strength Super speed
Purposes	To infect other people that came into contact with and enhance their natural abilities. To help the Joker take over Gotham City. To kill Batman.
Status	Detroyed
Type of Villainous Item	Infectious Formula

“	Well, look who's discovered our secret lab. Since you've made it this far, let me show you what I've cooked up.	„
	~ The Joker showing Batman the Titan compound.

The Titan formula, which also known as "TITAN", is a compound derived of Bane's Venom compound and Poison Ivy's dangerous plants from the critically-acclaimed 2009 video game Batman: Arkham Asylum. This had the same effects of Bane's venom, except it takes a smaller dose for the process. The idea was the Joker's, which he fooled Arkham Asylum's scientist Dr. Penelope Young into making it for him, who began testing it on inmates, even though she did not know that she was under Joker's influence.

History

Batman: Arkham Asylum

After Joker breaks free and takes over Arkham Asylum, with the aid of Harley Quinn, Batman goes after him. As he finds the Joker, he sees him standing on top of a transfer cell. Joker opens the cell to reveal a Titan enhance inmate that the asylum had secretly been working on. Batman engages it in battle, but then the inmate soon dies from a heart failure that is caused by the formula cutting off circulation to his heart. After seeing this, Joker is disappointed and tells himself to look for stronger test subjects.

Later on, as Batman investigates the Arkham Asylum, he and Commissioner Gordon find Bane imprisoned at the medical center, being drained from his venom to complete the Titan formula. Bane explains to them that Dr. Young did this to him, which created these series of events. Suddenly, Joker appears on a nearby screen and sees Bane revealed to Batman and Gordon. This makes Joker inject Titan into Bane, allowing him to regain his full strength to deal with Batman. However, Batman gains the upper hand as he activates his vehicle to ram Bane into the ocean.

As Batman continues his search, he stumbles upon Doctor Penelope Young's research and discovered that she is in league with a person named Jack White, who was unaware that he was actually the Joker. Young's purpose for the formula was to help patients survive harsh therapies. As she discovered Joker's true intention for the chemical compound, she stop the manufacturing of it, which made Joker come to Arkham Asylum. Batman then finds Dr. Young being held captive by Victor Zsasz. Batman knocked him out and saved Dr. Young. She tells him that they make the Titan compound at a hidden lab at the botanical garden. She walks over to a nearby picture frame that has safe behind it, containing the key codes. But as she reveals it, it has a painted face on it, which causes it to explode, killing her.

Batman heads to the asylum's Botanical Gardens, where he encounters Joker, along with two of his goons. Joker grabs out a gun filled with the perfected Titan compound and shoots it at his two henchman. Joker then makes a run for it with a supply of TITAN while Batman deals with his TITAN-enhanced henchmen.

In order to create a cure, Batman has to look for plant spores, located in Killer Croc's sewer lair. While collecting the spores, he runs into Killer Croc. Croc chases him and corners him at the end of his lair. Luckily for Batman, he detonates a hole beneath him, making him fall beneath it. As Batman gets the antidote ready, Joker throws a party at Arkham and invites Batman there. As Batman arrives, Joker unleashes two Titan enhance security guards upon him, but they were defeated by Batman afterwards. After Joker watches this, he congratulates Batman and reveals Commissioner Gordon to him. Joker then shoots a Titan dart at Gordon, but Batman takes the bullet for him. As Batman tries to resist the change, Joker takes an overdose of the drug.

After Joker transforms, he takes Batman to the rooftops of the ARkham Asylum, where they have their last battle up there. Joker urges Batman to transform as the only way to defeat him, but Batman refuses by taking the cure in front of his eyes. Surprised by this, Joker plans on killing Batman head on. Fortunately, Batman managed to defeat Joker by spraying explosive gel on his hand and throws it into Joker's face.

Batman Arkham City

Bane, after the events of the previous game, makes his way to Arkham City after he discovers 12 large-sized metal containers of Titan Formula transported there from Arkham Asylum itself. He hides himself inside an abandoned toy factory and contacts Batman there so the two make an agreement to destroy six containers each.

After Batman finds and destroys 6 containers, hidden throughout Arkham City, he reconciles with Bane at the Krank Co. Toys factory within the old Amusement Mile district. Just then, several TYGER guards enter the building. Batman and Bane team up to take them out. After that, Bane reveals the final six Titan containers he found, but reveals to Batman that he was saving it for himself and was about to kill him. However, Batman traps Bane in a cage and reveals that he knew about his true intentions for Titan and used him. He then destroys the remaining Titan containers with his explosive gel and leaves Bane to the authorities.

Batman: Arkham Knight

A remaining container of Titan Formula was found within a shipping crate that contained Bane's former equipment, and was symbolic of how he was a changed man upon his departure from Gotham City to the northern Caribbean Sea's Santa Prisca island.

Effects

Titan allows its users to grow big and strong. It also makes the users eyes to turn green, and bones to appear from their bodies.

Weaknesses

The effects of the formula is temporary. However, the exposure to it can lead to heart failure. As Joker used it, he took an overdose of it, which lead to a disease that he was suffering from in Arkham City and later died from it. It was also revealed that the formula is highly explosive.

Uses

The Penguin had uses for it. After he discovered it being shipped from Arkham Asylum, he stole some and used it on one of his thugs. He then put him in his museum collection. As Batman came looking for Mr. Freeze there, Penguin attempted to kill him by unleashing the Titan from a cage dangling above him.

After Joker's death, Harley Quinn took over and used the compound on one of her thugs. He was not seen then until Harley released him to stop Robin from saving Batman.

Scarecrow and Killer Croc grabbed onto a crate of Titan floating in the ocean.

Individuals infected with Titan

• The Joker
• Poison Ivy
• Batman
• Bane
• Titan Henchman
• Terry and Tracy Trask/T&T
• Various Arkham Asylum staff
• Various members of Gotham City crime organizations

Gallery

The Joker

Harley Quinn

The Joker and Harley Quinn.

Trivia

• It is often referred to as "Titan Formula" and "Titan Compound".
• It is unknown that the name "TITAN" is an acronym or not.
• A container of Titan Compound was also shown in Bane's display case within the Evidence Room at the GCPD Lockup area.
• A similar concoction called Kobra-Venom appeared in the animated show Young Justice, which resulted in a "permanent" transformation by mixing Venom with the Blockbuster Formula.