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Plasmus
Plasmus ( ; Otto von Furth) is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics. He is a German supervillain and an enemy of the Teen Titans who possesses a protoplasmic touch and was formerly a miner before General Zahl rescued him from a cave and later mutated him. Dee Bradley Baker and Yuri Lowenthal respectively voice reimagined versions of Plasmus in Teen Titans and Young Justice. Both are depicted as more sympathetic than the comics version. In Teen Titans, the character is depicted as a human who uncontrollably transforms into Plasmus while awake, only reverting to his human form while asleep. In Young Justice, Plasmus is a child who was kidnapped and exploited for his abilities as part of a human trafficking operation.
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Plasmus ( ; Otto von Furth) is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics. He is a German supervillain and an enemy of the Teen Titans who possesses a protoplasmic touch and was formerly a miner before General Zahl rescued him from a cave and later mutated him. Dee Bradley Baker and Yuri Lowenthal respectively voice reimagined versions of Plasmus in Teen Titans and Young Justice. Both are depicted as more sympathetic than the comics version. In Teen Titans, the character is depicted as a human who uncontrollably transforms into Plasmus while awake, only reverting to his human form while asleep. In Young Justice, Plasmus is a child who was kidnapped and exploited for his abilities as part of a human trafficking operation.
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