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Lorelei Circe AKA The Siren appears in two consecutive episodes of the 1960s Batman television series.

History

Lorelei Circe is a chanteuse - able to sing seven octaves - who can use her voice to sing a high note that puts any man who hears it under her control. She has a fascination with evil, especially with historical women who (arguably) fit that description, such as Mata Hari, Lucrezia Borgia, and Lady Macbeth. She dismissively referred to other female criminals in Gotham, such as Catwoman and Black Widow as "amateurs". She clearly has a cruel sense of humor, as she brainwashes Chief O'Hara to go jump in Gotham Park Lake for no reason other than her own amusement. (Only the timely arrival of Batgirl saves him from drowning.)

In her first appearance she collaborates with The Riddler in a plot to control all boxing matches. She mentions to Riddler that she also has plans for Batman.

After Riddler is defeated, Siren goes to Gotham City Police Headquarters and brainwashes Commissioner Gordon into sneaking into the Batmobile's trunk in order to find out Batman's identity. Siren later hypnotizes Bruce Wayne into signing her fortune to her and intends to then make him jump off the roof of his office building, only for Robin and Batgirl to interfere.

During a fight between Robin, Batgirl, and Siren's men, the Siren was knocked off the roof. Robin saved her from falling only on the condition that she release Bruce from the spell. The Siren suggests an even higher "antidote" note, though no one had ever done this, and she fears it will cost her her voice. When Robin leaves her little choice, however, Siren sings it, freeing Bruce, and does indeed lose her voice in the process. (It's unclear if this was permanent). The now-harmless Siren and her henchmen end up sent to prison, where Batman predicts Warden Crichton will find her a model prisoner "if she doesn't open her mouth".

Powers and Abilities

Siren has the ability to mesmerize any man to do her bidding by pitching a high note two octaves above High C with her voice. Women are apparently immune to this effect, however, and men can protect themselves with special earplugs or headphones. Robin forced her to sing an "antidote" note three octave above High C to release Bruce Wayne from her spell, which no one had ever done, which caused her to lose her voice. Batman's message to Warden Crichton suggests her voice might not be permanently gone. Those freed from the Siren's spell apparently do not remember their actions while under her control. It's unclear how Commissioner Gordon and Chief O'Hara were freed from her control.

Known Associates

Riddler - Partnered with him in his scheme to control all of Gotham's boxing matches.
Allegro (portrayed by Mike Mizurki) - Siren's henchman.
Andante (portrayed by Cliff Osmond) - Siren's henchman.

Appearances

Season 3

Ring Around The Riddler
The Wail Of The Siren

In other media

Siren made a cameo in the Batman: The Brave and the Bold episode "Day of the Dark Knight!" She is among the inmates trying to escape from Iron Heights Penitentiary only to be stopped by Batman.

Trivia

In DC Comics, there was a Siren who was an enemy of Aquaman and the Teen Titans.

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 ==History==
-Lorelei Circe is a chanteuse - able to sing seven octaves - who can use her voice sing a high note which put any man who hears under her control.  She has a fascination with "evil" with historical women who (arguably) fit that description, such as [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mata_Hari Mata Hari], [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lucrezia_Borgia Lucrezia Borgia], and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lady_Macbeth Lady Macbeth].  She dismissively referred to other female criminals in Gotham, such as [[Catwoman (Julie Newmar)]] and [[Black Widow]] as "amateurs".  She clearly had a cruel sense of humor as she brainwashed [[Chief O'Hara (Stafford Repp)|Chief O'Hara]] to go jump in Gotham Park Lake for no reason other than her own amusement.  (Only the timely arrival of [[Batgirl (Yvonne Craig)|Batgirl]] saved him from drowning.)
+Lorelei Circe is a chanteuse - able to sing seven octaves - who can use her voice to sing a high note that puts any man who hears it under her control. She has a fascination with evil, especially with historical women who (arguably) fit that description, such as [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mata_Hari Mata Hari], [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lucrezia_Borgia Lucrezia Borgia], and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lady_Macbeth Lady Macbeth]. She dismissively referred to other female criminals in Gotham, such as [[Catwoman (Julie Newmar)|Catwoman]] and [[Black Widow]] as "amateurs". She clearly has a cruel sense of humor, as she brainwashes [[Chief O'Hara (Stafford Repp)|Chief O'Hara]] to go jump in Gotham Park Lake for no reason other than her own amusement. (Only the timely arrival of [[Batgirl (Yvonne Craig)|Batgirl]] saves him from drowning.)
-She first appeared where she collaborated with [[The Riddler (Frank Gorshin)|The Riddler]] in a plot to control all boxing matches. She mentioned to Riddler that she also has plans for Batman.
+In her first appearance she collaborates with [[The Riddler (Frank Gorshin)|The Riddler]] in a plot to control all boxing matches. She mentions to Riddler that she also has plans for Batman.
-After Riddler was defeated, Siren went to Gotham City Police Headquarters and brainwashed [[Commissioner Gordon (Neil Hamilton)|Commissioner Gordon]] into sneaking into the [[Batmobile (1960s series)|Batmobile]]'s trunk in order to find out [[Batman (Adam West)|Batman]]'s identity.  Siren later hypnotized Bruce Wayne into signing her fortune to her and intended to then make him jump off the roof of his office building, only for [[Robin (Burt Ward)|Robin]] and Batgirl to interfere.
+After Riddler is defeated, Siren goes to Gotham City Police Headquarters and brainwashes [[Commissioner Gordon (Neil Hamilton)|Commissioner Gordon]] into sneaking into the [[Batmobile (1960s series)|Batmobile]]'s trunk in order to find out [[Batman (Adam West)|Batman]]'s identity. Siren later hypnotizes Bruce Wayne into signing her fortune to her and intends to then make him jump off the roof of his office building, only for [[Robin (Burt Ward)|Robin]] and Batgirl to interfere.
-During a fight between Robin, Batgirl, and Siren's men, the Siren was knocked off the roof.  Robin saved her from falling only on the condition that she release Bruce from the spell.  The Siren suggested an even higher "antidote" note, though no one had ever done this, and she feared her voice would be gone.  When Robin left her little choice, however, Siren sangs it, freeing Bruce, but but apparently indeed losing her voice in the process.  (It's unclear if this was permanent).  The now-harmless Siren and her henchmen ended up sent to prison, where Batman predicted [[Robert Cricton|Warden Crichton]] would find her a model prisoner "if she doesn't open her mouth".
+During a fight between Robin, Batgirl, and Siren's men, the Siren was knocked off the roof. Robin saved her from falling only on the condition that she release Bruce from the spell. The Siren suggests an even higher "antidote" note, though no one had ever done this, and she fears it will cost her her voice. When Robin leaves her little choice, however, Siren sings it, freeing Bruce, and does indeed lose her voice in the process. (It's unclear if this was permanent). The now-harmless Siren and her henchmen end up sent to prison, where Batman predicts [[Robert Cricton|Warden Crichton]] will find her a model prisoner "if she doesn't open her mouth".
 ==Powers and Abilities==