Pop Culture References in Wizard101: Empyrea – Dynt

Dynt – Harvey Dent “Two Face”
https://wiki.wizard101central.com/wiki/NPC:Dynt
https://wiki.wizard101central.com/wiki/Creature:Dynt
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Two-Face

Dynt

Dynt is a space pirate that is stranded inside Sepidious. Drops of digestive acid have disfigured him. Dynt carries a coin-o-fate that he flips to help him make decisions. He uses the coin after he reveals himself to be Cabal and starts to fight you.

When you fight Dynt, at the end of each Round, he will “flip a coin” to determine what type of random Spell he will cast on the Wizard team.
“Good Heads” – Dynt will cast one of the following beneficial Spells on the entire Wizard team:
Two Stun Blocks, Legion Shield, Spirit Armor, Guidance, Bladestorm, Sprite Swarm (2 Pip), Unicorn, Rebirth
“Bad Heads” – Dynt will cast one of the following harmful Spells on the entire Wizard team:
Smoke Screen (-45%), Fire Trap, +25% Fuel, Backdraft (+20%), Choke (85%), Scald (567), Raging Bull, Lava Giant, Rain of Fire (330+880)

Two-Face (Harvey Dent) is a supervillain appearing in comic books published by DC Comics, commonly as an adversary of the superhero Batman. The character was created by Bob Kane and first appeared in Detective Comics #66 (August 1942). As one of Batman’s most enduring enemies, Two-Face belongs to the collective of adversaries that make up Batman’s rogues gallery.

Harvey “Two-Face” Dent with his coin on the cover of Batman Annual #14 (1990)

Once a bright and upstanding district attorney of Gotham City dedicated to ridding its streets of crime and corruption, Harvey Dent is hideously scarred on the left side of his face after mob boss Sal Maroni throws acidic chemicals at him during a court trial. He subsequently goes insane and adopts the “Two-Face” persona, becoming a criminal obsessed with the number two, the concept of duality, and the conflict between good and evil. Two-Face obsessively makes all important decisions by flipping a two-headed coin. The character was reinvented for the Modern Age of Comic Books as having dissociative identity disorder, with Two-Face being an alter, which stemmed from the abuse Harvey received from his father during his childhood. The modern version is established as having once been a personal friend and ally of James “Jim” Gordon and Batman, as well as a friend of Batman’s secret identity, Bruce Wayne.

Two-Face has no superpowers, instead relying on his proficiency in marksmanship and martial arts, which was further improved after being trained by Deathstroke and Batman. As a former lawyer, the character uses his expertise in criminal law, criminology, and police procedures to devise his crimes.

Aaron Eckhart (l) and Tommy Lee Jones (r) the respective portrayals of Two-Face

The character has been adapted into numerous forms of media, having been portrayed in live action by Billy Dee Williams in the 1989 film Batman, Tommy Lee Jones in the 1995 film Batman Forever, Aaron Eckhart in 2008 film The Dark Knight, Nicholas D’Agosto on the Fox television series Gotham, and Misha Collins on The CW television series Gotham Knights. Richard Moll, Troy Baker, Eric Bauza, Christopher McDonald, William Shatner, and others have provided Two-Face’s voice ranging from animation to video games. In 2009, Two-Face was ranked as IGN’s 12th-greatest comic book villain of all time.

The current list of all the (known) Empyrea references can be found here.

Although I am well versed in Pop Culture references but I do not claim to have caught them all. Let me know your favorites in the comments and if I’ve missed one you caught, let me know so I can add it to the list.

Text for this article is excerpted from the linked wiki pages

Dynt image is from Wizard101, and is copyright of KingsIsle Entertainment.

All Batman related images are copyright DC Comics.

Two Face mural is borrowed from ScreenRant. Images are copyright Warner Bros. and DC Comics

Image usage qualifies as fair use under US copyright law.

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