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Patrick Bateman is the titular main protagonist of the controversial 1991 horror novel American Psycho and its 2000 film adaptation of the same name.
He is an investment wall street banker who leads a double life of serial murder as he presents himself in story as nothing more than shallow, egotistical and materialistic.
In the 2000 film, he was portrayed by Christian Bale. In the audiobook, he was voiced by Pablo Schreiber, who also portrayed William Lewis in Law & Order: Special Victims Unit.
What Makes Him A Hate Sink?[]
- Without even getting into the murders, Bateman is a shallow narcissist who exhibit the worst traits of yuppie culture, racism, sexism, classism, and homophobia, all things he admits about himself and is completely aware of.
- Despite all her hard work and the fact that she obviously has a crush on him, he repeatedly belittles and demeans his secretary Jean.
- It's heavily implied that he only got his high-paying job out of nepotism, making his classism against the poor insanely hypocritical.
- His views on women and admiration of serial killers goes so far that even his highly misogynistic co-workers seem somewhat disturbed by some of his comments.
- He leads a double life of murdering and raping across his time in New York. His murders and rape are so brutal, that they cannot be spoken here, but they go on for multiple chapters in excruciating details.
- One of these victims included a 5 year old child, in which he stabbed in a crowd, with proceeding to scream at the distraught mom.
- He mutilated/blinded a homeless man and broke his dogs legs.
- He murdered his co-worker Paul Owen/Allen with an axe brutally out of petty jealousy.
- He has also said to have brutally beaten a young homeless girl to death (implied to be a child) and even was considering raping her.
- He attempted to strangle Luis, only stopping when he was revealed to be gay out of disgust.
- During a psychotic break, he commit mass murder upon many people around the street, including the police.
- He showed absolutely no care for anyone, neither his family members, fiancé nor his secretary.
- While his narcissism and over-the-top flaunting of Yuppie culture is sometimes played for black comedy, such as the moments where he plays Huey Lewis and Phil Collins, they do not detract from his unlikability but instead add to it.
- While there is a minor ambiguity if Bateman really murdered people, this doesn't dilute his hate factor one bit:
- at worst, Bateman is a detached disgusting serial killer and rapist who finds thrill in hurting people lesser than him and has no qualms, emotions, remorse, or care for anyone;
- at best, Bateman is simply an insane shallow, narcissistic, materialistic, racist, classist, sexist, homophobic asshole who simply thinks that he’s better than everyone else and would have no problem committing those murders.
Trivia[]
- Bateman is a unique and interesting example of a Hate Sink. Even though the creator Ellis confirmed that Bateman was intended to be an unsympathetic monster, his character was also supposed to illustrate how the conformity of New York yuppie culture can dehumanize a person and drive them mad.
- Bateman was born in September, 19 in 1961.
- Despite his Hate Sink status, Bateman is more well liked in the movie by audiences due to Bale's acting and charisma and some funny lines.
- In fact, Bateman is a rare example of Laughably Evil Hate Sink, who's comedy makes him even more unlikable and not vice versa.
External links[]
- Patrick Bateman on the Villains Wiki
- Patrick Bateman on the Pure Evil Wiki
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