  |
This article's content is marked as Mature The page Polka Dot Man (DC Extended Universe) contains mature content that may include coarse language, sexual references, and/or graphic violent images which may be disturbing to some. Mature articles are recommended for those who are 18 years of age and older. If you are 18 years or older or are comfortable with graphic material, you are free to view this page. Otherwise, you should close this page and view another page. |
| “ | Ratcatcher: I thought you were the crazy one. Polka-Dot Man: I am. |
„ |
| ~ Ratcatcher and Polka-Dot Man. |
| “ | I'm a superhero! I'm a motherf---ing super— | „ |
| ~ Polka-Dot Man's last words. |
Polka-Dot Man (real name Abner Krill), is a major character in the 2021 film The Suicide Squad. He's a criminal who was experimented on by his mother, giving him the ability to manifest interdimensional polka dots on his body, and use them as projectiles. He was imprisoned in Belle Reve, but would later be recruited into Task Force X by Amanda Waller to destroy all evidence of Project Starfish in Corto Maltese.
He was portrayed by David Dastmalchian, who also played Kurt Goreshter in Ant-Man and Ant-Man and the Wasp and Veb in Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania.
Biography[]
Early Life[]
Abner Krill was born to a woman who was obsessed with superheroes, and decided to experiment on him and his siblings due to her being a S.T.A.R. Labs scientist. During her experiments, Abner was infected with an interdimensional virus that made polka dots grow on his body and under his skin. Abner and some of his siblings survived the experiments, but most of them died, causing him to develop trauma from the events. It's implied that Abner killed his mother at some point, but was still lest traumatized from the experiments to the point that he saw his mother as everyone he encountered.
He would have to expel polka-dots from his body twice a day to prevent the virus from eating him from the inside, and was able to create gauntlets to allow him to expel the polka-dots. Abner turned a life of crime at an unknown point, an despite not liking to kill people, he could if he imagined his targets as his mother. Krill was later sentenced to Belle Reve, a federal penitentiary in Louisiana that held powerful criminal and supervillains. While in Belle Reve, Abner was given a dampener that suppressed the virus, and he was constantly bullied by fellow inmates Calendar Man, Double Down and Karma. As a result of his abuse he received from his mother, Abner became a pessimistic, and developed a death wish due to the interdimensional virus.
The Suicide Squad[]
In 2021, Amanda Waller decided to reform the Suicide Squad to send them to Corto Maltese to destroy all evidence of America's involvement with Project Starfish. Abner was recruited into the second team under the command of Bloodsport, an assassin who was forced to join the squad due to Waller threatening to hurt his daughter. Once landing on Corto Maltese, Waller tasks the team with rescuing Rick Flag after his team were slaughtered by the Corto Maltese Armed Forces. Polka-Dot Man assists Bloodsport and Peacemaker in fighting against the soldiers they think are holding Flag, but find that he was rescued by resistance leader Sol Soria. The team manage to convince Soria to help them on their mission, and Abner tells his teammates about his condition after being questioned by Bloodsport.
Flag decides to divert the team's mission to rescue Harley Quinn, who survived the beach massacre was being interrogated by Silvio Luna. After Quinn is rescued from Luna, the team manage to capture the Thinker so he could lead them to Jotunheim to destroy the laboratory and learn more about Project Starfish. Once reaching the location, Abner worked with Bloodsport and Harley Quinn to plant explosives while Flag, Peacemaker and Ratcatcher went into the laboratory with the Thinker as King Shark wondered off after planting his explosives. While preparing the explosives, the team were attacked by Corto Maltese soldiers, and Krill accidently set them off by launching his polka dot projectiles. Polka-Dot Man, Harley and Bloodsport survived the incident, but the explosives allowed Starro the Conqueror to escape from his confinement and kill the Thinker.
Despite Waller ordering the team to leave the area as Starro starting mind control citizens with its spores, Bloodsport decided to lead his squad to fight against the creature. Krill was ordered by Bloodsport to attack the creature by telling the former that Starro was his mom, causing Abner to see his mother as a giant. Polka-Dot Man used his projectiles, causing Starro to yell in pain as his leg started to disintegrate. Overjoyed by his accomplishment, Abner declared that he was a superhero before being crushed by one of Starro's legs, killing him instantly. Despite his death, his teammates were able to kill Starro and free themselves from Waller via blackmailing her on keeping the intel that would expose America's involvement with Jotunheim. He was also mourned by his teammates, as Ratcatcher found a piece of his costume from the battle.
Powers & Abilities[]
| “ | He does throw Polka Dots at people. | „ |
| ~ Peacemaker about Polka Dot Man's powers |
- Polka Dot Projectiles: As a result of being experimented on by his mother, Abner is infected with an inter-dimensional virus that manifests itself as colorful albeit deadly pustules that slowly cover his body, which he needs to expel twice a day otherwise the pustules would quickly build up and kill him. Using his special gauntlets, Abner is able to fire the viruses in his body in the form of polka dot looking projectiles. The polka dots are highly lethal, shown to instantly meltdown human flesh on contact and burn down solid structures with little trouble, the dots also ignited multiple C4 bomb packs on accident. Polka Dot Man was one of the few members of Taskforce X that was able to deal considerable damage to Starro, with his polka dot projectiles able to tear down a large chunk of Starro's highly durable skin when King Shark and Bloodsport's attacks only mildly affected it.
- Engineering Skills: Abner developed a specialized suit equipped with wrist-mounted equipment that allow him to control the viruses in his body and shoot them as polka-dot projectiles.
Quotes[]
| “ | I hope so. | „ |
| ~ Polka-Dot Man to Bloodsport on them dying on the mission. |
| “ | My mother was a scientist at S.T.A.R. Labs, and she was obsessed with turning me and my brothers into superheroes. She infected me. Now, if I don't, you know, expel the dots twice a day... | „ |
| ~ Polka-Dot Man explaining his origins to his teammates. |
Gallery[]
Trivia[]
- The character initially survived the final battle in the first draft, as Ratcatcher was meant to die but James Gunn decided to change this since Polka-Dot Man's character arc was finished by the final act.
- Considering he has to expel polka dots orally twice a day like vomiting, its no wonder he was begging for death.
See Also[]
- Polka Dot Man on the Villains Wiki.
