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'''Amygdala''' ('''Aaron Helzinger''') is thea alias[[supervillain]] ofappearing in American comic books published by [[DC Comics]] character '''Aaron Helzinger''', who is a sometimean opponent of [[Batman]]. He has reduced mental capacity, near superhuman strength and endurance, and is prone to outbursts of violence due to medical experimentation on his brain, chiefly the removal of his [[amygdala]]. Amygdala is briefly referenced in an article by [[Joseph LeDoux]],<ref>{{cite journal | last= LeDoux | first= Joseph | author-link=Joseph LeDoux | title= Fear and the Brain: Where Have We Been, and Where Are We Going? | journal= Biological Psychiatry | publisher=[[Elsevier]] | location=Jacksonville, Florida | volume= 44 | number= 12 | date= December 15, 1998 | pages= 1229–1238 | doi=10.1016/s0006-3223(98)00282-0 | pmid= 9861466 | s2cid= 2328768 | doi-access= free}}</ref> a neuroscientist and expert in the role of the anatomical amygdala in fear processing, as testament to popular interest in the brain area.

Aaron Helzinger appeared on the second season of ''[[Gotham (TV series)|Gotham]]'', portrayed by [[Stink Fisher]], and the second season of the [[Arrowverse]] series ''[[Batwoman (TV series)|Batwoman]]'', portrayed by [[R. J. Fetherstonhaugh]].

As a part of the ''[[The New 52|New 52]]'' reboot, Aaron first appears in ''Resurrection Man'' vol. 2 #6 as a hulking menace when he tries to kill Mitch Shelley aka [[Resurrection Man (character)|The Resurrection Man]] in Arkham Asylum, but is knocked hard on the head with Fletcher's nightstick.<ref>''Resurrection Man'' vol. 2 #6</ref> He later appears during the "[[Batman: Zero Year|Zero Year]]" storyline. When the power went out in Gotham, Aaron was in surgery at Gotham General Hospital. He woke up in a monstrous rage, smashing through a window. The surgeons had been operating on his amygdala when they were interrupted. After jumping out the window Aaron encountered and attacked a young [[Dick Grayson]], who was out with his friends, away from visiting Haly's Circus. He chases them, while Dick makes a plan to stop him and save his friends. Luring Helzinger onto a rooftop, Dick jumped to the next one over, and unable to make it across the gap, Helzinger fells, unable to get back up. Earning the nickname Amygdala, Aaron spent much of his time incarcerated at Arkham Asylum, and later at Arkham Manor, when the asylum was destroyed.

In ''[[DC Rebirth]]'', Amygdala appears as one of the many villains attempting to kill Batman to stop [[Two-Face]] from leaking secret information. Alongside [[Killer Croc]] and [[King Shark]], Amygdala attacks Batman on a train.<ref>''All-Star Batman'' #2</ref> Later, when Arkham is rebuilt, he becomes partner with [[Solomon Grundy (character)|Solomon Grundy]]. Both of them attempted to fight [[Bane (DC Comics)|Bane]] when [[Psycho Pirate]] is kept in Arkham after they were all set free by Batman. They are soon beaten by Bane, in turn by Batman. They are later freed once again when Bane takes over Gotham City. Amygdala and Grundy make alliance with [[Two-Face]] and kill [[Doctor Double X]], Bane's loyalist. They are then attacked by [[Gotham Girl|Gotham Girl (Claire Clover)]] and the new Batman ([[Thomas Wayne]] from the [[Flashpoint (comics)|Flashpoint]] timeline), the former of which uses heat vision to sear off Amygdala's arm.<ref>''Batman'' vol. 3 #75</ref>

InAmygdala makes a cameo appearance in the [[Elseworlds]] taletitle ''[[Batman: Crimson Mist]]''—the third part of the trilogy that began with ''[[Batman & Dracula: Red Rain]]'', in which Batmanhe becomeswas apreviously vampire—Amygdalaimprisoned makes a cameo during Batman's assault onin Arkham Asylum. Amygdalabefore he is killed by thea vampirevampiric Batman.<ref>''Batman: Crimson Mist''</ref>

* [[StinkAaron Fisher]]Helzinger portrayed Amygdalaappears in the [[Gotham (season 2)|second season]] of ''[[Gotham (TV series)|Gotham]]'', portrayed by [[Stink Fisher]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.fox.com/content/clone-of-gotham-091815-8pm-0 |title=GOTHAM 09/21/15 8pm &#124; FOX Broadcasting Company |website=www.fox.com |access-date=12 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170828020325/http://www.fox.com/content/clone-of-gotham-091815-8pm-0 |archive-date=28 August 2017 |url-status=dead}}</ref> Appearing in "Rise of the Villains" episodes "Damned If You Do..." and "Knock, Knock", thisThis version of the character is an [[Arkham Asylum]] inmate who alongside fellow inmates [[Barbara Kean]], [[Jerome Valeska]], [[Black Mask (character)|Richard Sionis]] (who declined Galavan's offer and was killed by Tabitha), Robert Greenwood, and Arnold Dobkins were sprung out by corrupt billionaire Theo Galavan and his sister Tabitha to wreak havoc on Gotham City as part of Galavan's ultimate plan to become mayor and hand over control of the city to the [[Order of St. Dumas]]. At some point he was recaptured and put in Arkham. In "Wrath of the Villains: This Ball of Mud and Darkness", when [[Hugo StrangeAsylum]] puts Oswald Cobblepot through the "Ice Cream Therapy" in cafeteria, Aaron attacks Oswald because he is not offered to him an ice cream and Aaron is restrained from guards. Put in the same room with Oswald (albeit chained up), Hugo sees that Oswald doesn't want to kill him, declaring Oswald as sane and letting him go from Arkham. In "Azrael", Aaron attacks Rudy but is restrained by Edward Nygma by telling him that the "Lucy" who talks with Rudy is a ghost. He is later brought to medical chamber when he sees a revived Theo Galavan, now named Azrael, and Hugo Strange manipulates Theo into thinking that Aaron is a demon. Theo knocks him with a chest that contains the recently forged Sword of Sin.

* [[R.Aaron J.Helzinger Fetherstonhaugh]] portrayed Amygdalaappears in the ''[[Batwoman (TV series)|Batwoman]]'' episode "Do Not Resuscitate", portrayed by [[R. J. Fetherstonhaugh]]. This version is a mentally-unstable patient of Hamilton Dynamics andwho personally nicknamed himself "Amygdala. He was released by Dr. Ethan Rogers to get to the mystery behind the Desert Rose. Amygdala does that by ramming a truck into the van carrying [[Jacob Kane]] and Mary Hamilton where he holds them captive at Mary's clinic. Mary admits some things in front of Jacob like her back-alley work and the Desert Rose coming from Coryana. When [[Sophie Moore]] brings Amygdala the map to Coryana which she obtained from Alice and Ocean, he knocks her out as Batwoman arrives. With help from Luke, Batwoman defeats Amygdala".