Vigilante

For other uses, see Vigilante (disambiguation).

Vigilante
Real Name	Adrian Chase
Alias(es)	Vigilante
Species	Human
Nationality	American
Gender	Male
Birthdate	June 30, 1991
Affiliation(s)	11th Street Kids (formerly)
Status	Alive
Appearances
Film(s)	The Suicide Squad (marketing)
TV Series	Peacemaker (8 episodes)
Actors/Actresses
Portrayed by	Freddie Stroma

"We're born killers. What separates us from other killers is we only kill bad people. Usually. Unless there's a mistake. Now, do I sound like a fucking maniac?"

―Vigilante to Peacemaker^[src]

Adrian Chase is an enthusiastic and sadistic restaurant busboy who operates by night as the ruthless Vigilante. He willingly joined a smaller team to put together for a world-saving mission so he could form a bond with his idol, Peacemaker and make new friends. When his "best friend" Peacemaker returned to action, Chase became excited to be Vigilante again with him, attempting to cheer him up by destroying numerous appliances and having a sexual encounter with Amber Calcaterra.

During Peacemaker's mission to kill Senator Royland Goff and his family, Vigilante slaughtered the family without trouble, before he was kidnapped by Judomaster and saved by Peacemaker, who refused to give any information while he was being tortured, causing Chase to become angry with Peacemaker until they reconcile. Due to manipulation by Leota Adebayo, Chase attempted to kill Peacemaker's abusive father, August Smith, to no avail.

Joining the team against the Butterflies, Vigilante and his teammates investigated the amber fluid at Glan Tai, where they fought Charlie together, a mission that made Vigilante and the team become friends. Vigilante and Peacemaker had to escape from the police because they were seen as criminals due to "Goff's" framing. Vigilante, Peacemaker, and John Economos finished off August and his Aryan Empire before regrouping with Adebayo and Emilia Harcourt. The team eventually traveled to Coverdale Ranch, where Vigilante and Harcourt battled the Butterflies, giving Peacemaker time to kill the Cow, preventing the Butterflies from taking over humanity. After the battle, Chase was briefly in Mount Rouge Health Center, but left after being hailed as a hero and continued to have fun with Smith.

Biography

Early Life

Family Issues

"He was too busy off pretending to be gay just to get away from me."

―Adrian Chase to Christopher Smith^[src]

Adrian Chase was born on June 30, 1991, being the younger brother of Gut Chase. While growing, his dad came out as gay and left his mom for another guy until Chase discovered that his father lied about being homosexual just to get away from him. In his adolescence, Chase had a small crotch, unlike his brother, and was considered thorough, although he did not care because he did not possess emotions like anyone. At the age of 20, Chase had his first puberty.

Chase eventually lost his family, which led him to became a violent vigilante known as Vigilante, using a special suit for crime-fighting. Since then and for his childish acttitude and taste for violence, Chase committed multiple acts of murder against various criminals which made him gain the attention of the authorities. Chase also bought a Sebring, which he called Vigilante-Mobile, and began working as a busboy at Fennel Fields to hide his identity.

Meeting Peacemaker

"We used to go out, kill bad guys, boom, boom, boom, no problem. We accidentally kill the wrong person? "Aw, shoot, bummer. That stinks." Then we move on!"

―Adrian Chase to Christopher Smith^[src]

Working as a busboy for Fennel Fields, he met Christopher Smith, also known as Peacemaker, through his brother Gut Chase and quickly became a fan of his, working together on some occasions, killing several criminals, with Adrian believing they were best friends although Smith rejected him.

Chase also formed a small group along with Smith and Gut, in which Smith gave everyone nicknames because the crotch between them, including Chase, and his brother Gut, who felt offended by the nickname of "Prince Charming." Unlike most of his teammates, Chase was not offended by the nicknames. In 2016, Peacemaker was arrested and sentenced to 30 years in Belle Reve, and being unaware of his arrest, Chase kept sending friendly voice messages to his phone.

Reunited with Peacemaker

Reunion at Fennel Fields

"Fuck yeah! Peacemaker is back, baby!"

―Adrian Chase^[src]

Chase watching Peacemaker at Fennel Fields.

One of the nights he was working as a busboy in Fennel Fields, Chase spotted Peacemaker in costume having a meeting with some members of Task Force X and kept staring at Smith for an uncomfortably long amount of time. He exited the restaurant to take out trash and quickly started dancing happily after realizing that Peacemaker got out of prison, Chase was then caught by one of his co-workers which led to an awkward conversation where he tried to cover up the reason why he was dancing.

Helping Peacemaker

"I'm really happy you're back. Why are you crying?"

―Vigilante to Peacemaker^[src]

Vigilante comforts Peacemaker.

Vigilante saw a light on Peacemaker's house and thought someone was creeping around so he went to investigate. He saw Peacemaker crying on his bed through the window, Smith noticed this and berated him for acting like a stalker. He helped Peacemaker clean up his place after the cops wreck it while looking for evidence.

Vigilante and Peacemaker shooting appliances.

As Smith started to question his quest for achieving peace by any means necessary, Vigilante tried to comfort him by saying that they both get pleasure in killing people due to being born killers that used their gifts to focus on bad people. Vigilante then went with Peacemaker to shoot various appliances Chase had saved since Smith went to prison to celebrate him getting out. He was later seen in bed with Peacemaker and Amber Calcaterra.

Following the Team

"I just wanna make sure you're okay. I don't trust these people."

―Vigilante to Peacemaker^[src]

Vigilante is caught spying on the team.

Vigilante went to spy on Peacemaker and the team members while they prepared for a mission, as he didn't trust the members of the team with Peacemaker. Leota Adebayo caught him spying on them behind a dumpster, Emilia Harcourt told Chase to get out which prompted an argument between the two, with Chase then leaving after saying that none of the Task Force members could become Peacemaker's best friend. Despite seemingly leaving the team to fend off on their own, Vigilante kept following them in secret during their mission.

Project Butterfly

Murdering the Goff Family

"And now, Papa Bear, ou..."

―Vigilante^[src]

Vigilante murders the Goff family.

Vigilante followed the team to the home of U.S. senator Royland Goff, where Peacemaker and Emilia Harcourt were watching Goff's family from afar waiting for the right time to kill them as they suspect they were Butterflies. Chase asked why didn't they just kill the bodyguards that were protecting the Goff family and Emilia said that they were most likely innocent people hired to protect them.

Vigilante is beaten down by Judomaster.

After confirming that the whole family were butterflies, Clemson Murn gave Peacemaker the order to kill them. But when Peacemaker hesitated to follow Murn's orders to kill the Goff family as it included the kids, Vigilante told him to step back and hand him the sniper rifle. Chase then shot the kids and the mother without remorse but before he could kill Royland, Vigilante was attacked by Judomaster. Both he and Peacemaker tried to fight the martial artist but were quickly knocked down and taken by inside Royland Goff's house.

Tortured by Royland Goff

"I think he only cut off about half my toe."
"Hey, what'd you say your name was again?"
"Adrian. I need to put my mask back on in case they come down."

―Vigilante and Peacemaker^[src]

Vigilante makes facial expressions.

Chase and Smith were taken into a cave-like lair located under Goff's house, where he was tied to a chair to not escape, and was unconscious, until he realized that Goff implanted devices of electricity charges in his crotch. Goff unmasked Chase which revealed to Peacemaker that he was Gut Chase's younger brother, and Chase tried to change his facial expression so as not to be recognized, explaining to Smith what he was doing.

Vigilante is tortured by Royland Goff.

Chase did not listen to Goff's torture threats, and shouted with pain because Goff electrocuted his genitals. Chase asked for mercy, however, Goff wanted to get information off Peacemaker, as Peacemaker continued to give him no information, Goff kept torturing Chase and even almost cut off one of his toes. Chase rest for a moment, and after Smith recognized him as Gut's younger brother, he explained that after his family died, he had matured to form his body in search of revenge, something Smith respected, and Chase agreed with him.

Vigilante and Peacemaker witness a butterfly.

Chase realized that Goff only tortured him because Smith was the superior, and tried to resist explaining that he read online that if he lost his pinky he would not walk well as he agonized in pain. Chase was saved when an explosion caused by the team freed Peacemaker from his restraints, once Smith killed Goff, Chase was released by Smith and revealed that his real name was Adrian, and asked for his mask to prevent the rest of the group from recognizing him. The duo saw how a butterfly escaped from Goff's corpse, surprising both.

Vigilante and Peacemaker pointing at Judomaster.

Chase witnessed how Smith took the Butterfly in a jar, naming it "Goff". The duo met with the team to return Henenlotter Video in the truck, where Chase agonized in pain worrying about not being able to walk again for losing his pinky toe. When the team asked themselves what they would do with Judomaster who was captured by John Economos, both Vigilante and Peacemaker pointed their guns at him to kill him but were stopped by the rest of the team.

Joining the Team

"Yeah, have to keep Vigilante close, if he talks he could ruin everything."

―Clemson Murn to Peacemaker^[src]

Chase suffers for his toe.

Chase and the team returned to Henenlotter Video, where he sat down to rest from his pain. However, he was still suffering while Christopher Smith and Clemsson Murn talked about him, since he was recruited to be officially with them due to their skills. Clemson Murn gave Chase the keys to a car and told him to drive, Murn also told Peacemaker to keep an eye on Chase as he could ruin everything if he talked. Chase accompanied Smith to the exit to search for new helmets and were in the Chase's guard.

Vigilante and Peacemaker drive to August Smith's house.

Vigilante was driving in the car with Peacemaker, with Smith telling Chase to drive to his father's house in order to get another helmet. Chase also indirectly thanked Smith for allowing him to be tortured, but Peacemaker realized that he was talking passive-aggressively and was actually angry about the fact. After arriving in August Smith's house, Chase noted that there was a backwards American flag in it, deducing that Peacemaker's dad was a racist, and Smith spoke of Chase's father, who pretended to be homosexual to leave him.

Chase on Peacemaker's storage area.

While Peacemaker entered his dad's quantum unfolding storage area to get a new helmet, Chase took off his protective suit and decided to join him as the car's radio was just playing commercials. He then had an argument with Peacemaker about his father being a racist and him not caring about his previous torture, noting how the White Dragon Suit had holes with weak points. As they continued arguing, Chase used a metaphor related to ducks on how August and Smith worked together in crimes, which angered Smith for not helping him.

Chase and Smith are surprised by August Smith's Neighbor.

As the two got in the car, Chase observed Peacemaker arguing with the neighbor until Smith discovered that his dad was in prison and was framed by Murn's team for the crimes he commited. While driving, Chase listened to the call between Smith and Murn about his father, and Smith apologized to Chase about not being sympathetic enough while he was being tortured, he accepted the apology and offered Smith to drive him to the Evergreen Corrections Center to see his dad. Chase told him that his father did nothing to him because he spent all the time pretending to be homosexual not to take care of him.

Arrested

"You want me to take you to jail to see your dad?"
"Yeah, even though I know he's a racist."
"Shouldn't you kill him then?"

―Adrian Chase and Christopher Smith^[src]

Chase tries to hide his identity from Leota Adebayo.

After arriving at the Evergreen Corrections Center, Chase and Smith were met by Leota Adebayo who tried to convince smith about not seeing his father, while Chase saw the two argue, and admitted that Smith should do what he should do, when Adebayo failed she realized that Chase was Vigilante due to the similarities in their voices and the fact that he was limping despite Chase's attempts of hiding it, finally accepting that she was right.

Chase talks to Leota Adebayo.

Chase and Adebayo sat on a bench and talked while they were waiting for Smith to get out, and Adebayo told Chase that she thought both he and Smith were good people, but Smith was being held down by his father and that they needed to get rid of him if they wanted Smith to be happy. Chase agreed that August was bad until Adebayo told him that Smith would be happy if Auggie was killed, indirectly manipulating Chase to kill him, retiring from the place to make his friend happy.

Chase manages to be arrested.

Attempting to enter the Evergreen Corrections Center and kill Auggie Smith in there, Chase went in front of various cops that were eating lunch and threw a trash can to the window of the correction center, and began to insult Johnson as the rest of the police when he was asked what he was doing, this resulted in him being arrested and taken inside the facility, Chase tried to warn about his little fierce, but the policemen didn't care.

Attack on Auggie Smith

"You're a bad dad."

―Adrian Chase to Auggie Smith^[src]

Chase on the Evergreen Corrections Center.

Becoming an inmate on the correction center, Chase went to see Auggie Smith at his table. In his cell, Chase was notified by a guard on his departure time, which Chase took the opportunity to start his plan. While walking, Chase was insulted by several prisoners who tried to make him angry, however due to their lack of emotions, Chase ignored the insults of the prisoners, and saw Auggie Smith play with some members of his Aryan empire.

Chase mocks the Aryans.

He sat with the group and started to mock them for their bigoted racist ideals, praising the African-American people, making them enraged, and commented that without them there would never have been rock and roll music. Chase quickly began insulting Aryans, and was confronted by Steve, who demanded to know his name, but Chase changed the subject to talk badly about his mother having sex with African Americans, managing to anger Steve, who tried to attack Chase in anger but was quickly beaten down by him, as well as taking on Smith's remaining Aryans alone, though he was still suffering from his toe.

Chase talks to Auggie Smith after his fight.

Chase fought and defeated the whole group effortlessly except for Peacemaker's father, who didn't want to attack him due to the fear of the cameras seeing him, Chase then revealed him that he was there to kill him, telling Smith that he was a bad dad, before the guards arrived to stop the fight, unfortunately this made Auggie believe that his son was trying to kill him and asked to speak to Detective Sophie Song immediately before both of them were taken to their cells by the guards.

Chase reveals his identity to Emilia Harcourt.

In the night, Chase learned from a guard that someone had paid his bail, quickly releasing him from prison and was picked up outside by Emilia Harcourt in her car waiting for him to return home. After entering her car, Chase introduced himself to her and lamented the fact that he may have made everything worse, Harcourt calmed him down, and took him home to continue the mission, despite Smith revealing everything to the police.

Massacre at Glan Tai Bottling Plant

"Fuck! I'm never ever gonna kill someone with a fucking chainsaw. It's so not fair."

―Vigilante^[src]

Vigilante and the team watch how Economos and Peacemaker discuss.

The next day, Vigilante and the rest of the team attended a meeting in their headquarters where Murn explained to them their history with the Butterfly Investigation, there he laughed while Peacemaker made fun of John Economos' PowerPoint Presentation, and the team discovered the Butterflies and their ability to possess human bodies. Chase considered Economos a racist for saying that the Butterflies entered through the butt, and listened with excitement to Smith talking about something similar in a Superman rumor. Continuing the explanation, Chase saw an image comparing the Butterflies to the power of a monkey, causing Chase to believe that the human and the monkey were friends going on an adventure.

Chase asks Murn if they had cable to watch Fargo.

Chase laughed at Smith's insults to Economos, as well as when he mentioned various real and fictional celebrities to frame. Chase then asked Murn if they had cable to watch Fargo, angering Murn for the question, though he would be corrected by Economos, and Chase promised Murn to keep quiet until the explanation ended with the team was tasked with the mission of going to the Glan Tai Bottling Company in Little Cork in order to see what they could find out anything about the viscous Amber Fluid that served as the butterflies' only food source.

Chase talks with Adebayo about Smith's past.

Chase interrupted Smith and Adebayo's conversation about Economos' nickname, "Dye-Beard", and mentioned that Smith always did that as a bully, calling Gut "Prince Charming", telling Adebayo about how everyone looked at each other's crotches, which made them cry, but not Chase, and told Adebayo about his puberty, as well as his time as a thimble. Chase then overheard Adebayo advising Smith to be gentler with Economos, much to Smith's annoyance, and Chase told him that it was nice to think that the human and the ape had a friendship.

Vigilante asks why they were storming the place without a warrant.

During the trip, Chase was having fun with Peacemaker listening to rock and roll, before Harcourt interrupted the song, and Chase asked why they were storming the place without any kind of warrant to which Harcourt explained that they were conducting an illegal operation that needed to be kept under the radar, as every previous attempt to investigate Butterflies up until then had been shut down. Learning that John Economos loved rock and roll, Chase read his tattoo which read "11th Street Kids", Smith and Economos' favorite song by the band Hanoi Rocks.

Vigilante shows up his chainsaw.

Once they arrived at the bottling plant, Vigilante tried to use a chainsaw as a weapon before being stopped by Harcourt, who told him he couldn't take something like that into the factory, much to his disappointment, who became upset because he would never kill people with the chainsaw. After failing a game of rock, paper, scissors, Harcourt had to partner up with Chase while they investigated the back of the bottling plant.

Vigilante and Emilia Harcourt investigate the bottling plant.

Chase left with Harcourt hiding in the bottling plant, while Smith and Adebayo entered the plant to interrogate, and Economos stayed in the van to keep watch. Knowing that there were Butterflies all over the place, Chase and Harcourt hid to investigate the amber fluid. As the duo investigated some of the boxes they informed Economos that there were thousand boxes of the Butterflies' food supply and the plant could be the main distribution hub, but the duo had to keep walking, avoiding the Butterflies.

Vigilante and Harcourt watch butterflies making jelly from a window.

Vigilante and Harcourt made their way to the main factory were they bottled the amber fluid, where they watched in surprise as the amber manufacturing process unfolded, though they were left wondering where the fluid was created, but they were quickly spotted by the Butterfly infected workers, and Chase and Harcourt were forced to flee while killing some, and were surrounded by most, calling on Smith and Adebayo to help them kill the rest.

Vigilante stabs the gorilla with his sword.

While trying to escape the infected they locked themselves on a computer room, where they found a lot of alien technology coming from the Butterflies, so they tried to investigate, however they were attacked by a Butterfly infected gorilla. During their fight, Chase got up to help to fight Charlie, and they were soon joined by Peacemaker and Adebayo, who killed all the Butterflies in the place. Vigilante stabbed Charlie with a sword before being quickly knocked down, but were easily beaten until Economos killed the gorilla with a chainsaw.

Vigilante with his new friends.

Chase felt jealous because he wished to kill someone with the chainsaw, and the team happily left the bottling plant, celebrating their victory while praising Economos for killing the gorilla, making Chase and the others start to be friends. Chase danced to the music of 11th Street Kids to celebrate. The team had a good time on their trip back and Chase along with Smith continued to praise Economos, and Harcourt took the opportunity to take a photo with the team finally being friends.

New Friends

"Vigilante. He loves that merman emoji. He says it means happy, sad, and everything in between."

―Peacemaker to Leota Adebayo^[src]

Chase talks to Smith about the chainsaw.

Back at Henenlotter Video, Chase and the team happily told Clemson Murn about the success of the mission at the Glan Tai Bottling Company, talking about how they defeated Charlie, and learning about how the butterflies can use any lifeform as a host, and Chase believe that they could possess a chihuahua, surprising Emilia Harcourt, saying that it was impossible, which Chase agreed with, and began to laugh. After Murn gave them a rest for their success, and Chase left with Peacemaker to continue praising John Economos for killing the gorilla with the chainsaw, telling Smith that it would have been great if Economos had given the saw to him.

Smith sees the "11th Street Kids" group.

Chase exclaimed that just when he wanted to kill people with the chainsaw, Economos showed up and killed Charlie, which he thought was Economos trying to show off, but Smith called Chase a "thimble" for that theory. Chase left the scene to return to Fennel Fields to wait tables to rest until he checked a message from Harcourt, seeing how she created a new group called 11th Street Kids along with a photo of everyone having fun, Chase sent a merman emoji, thinking it meant many things, and was very happy for the start of their friendship.

Chased by the Police

"Dude, you still have that thing?"

―Vigilante to Peacemaker^[src]

Chase reminds Smith about his torture.

As it was the day off, Chase took an Uber and went to see Peacemaker at his trailer, thinking they were going to drink beer, and was spotted by Smith, who recognized him by his annoying knocking sound. Chase found that he still had Goff's butterfly in a jar, reminding Smith of the torture he did to him with his pinky, though Smith told him that he had pets to make up for his pain, shocking Chase.

Vigilante and Peacemaker try to communicate with the butterfly.

After the butterfly made a peace symbol out of the honey-esque food in the jar to communicate with them, Chase and Smith tried to ask the butterfly "yes or no" questions about her goals. Chase made unrelated questions, angering Smith, and he insulted his friend for simply talking to beings that cannot speak, though he later apologized, and was reprimanded by Smith for not letting him talk about his feelings. Chase lamented that he could not experience motherhood, believing it to be the Butterflies' goal.

Chase is called by Clemson Murn.

Chase mentioned different movies and was again reprimanded for not using alien movies to interrogate "Goff", and planned to watch a movie with him afterwards, before receiving a call from Clemson Murn, however, Chase pretended not to be Vigilante so as not to reveal his identity, but Smith took the phone, and the two were informed that the Evergreen Police Department arrived to arrest Peacemaker.

Chase and Smith hiding from the Evergreen Police Department.

Seeing that all the police were outside, Chase was ordered by Smith to take "Goff" while he got Eagly out of the trailer, and strapped "Goff" to his hip to be helped by Smith. Hiding in the trees, Chase saw Smith calling for Eagly, evading the police, but he would be heard, and when Sophie Song began to search for them behind the trailer, Chase pulled out his cleaver to kill her, and Smith stopped him, as the only rule of vigilantes was not to kill police officers. Chase confessed to Smith that he came by Uber because he believed they had a day off, making signs about drinking.

Vigilante and Peacemaker escape from the police.

Chase fell from one of the trees they were hiding in and broke the jar that contained the butterfly, allowing it to enter Detective Sophie Song, seeing it with concern. The other officers began to attack him, so Chase and Smith quickly fled through the woods, while running, Vigilante tried to stop the cops by throwing knives at them, much to Peacemaker's anger as he didn't want to kill cops, and watched as Eagly took on most of the policemen alone, causing Chase to regard Eagly as an invincible eagle.

Vigilante and Peacemaker are rescued by Locke.

As they were cornered by several policemen, Chase saw Smith show mercy to one, who was killed by Caspar Locke, an ally of Murn, that offered them a car to escape while he killed the remaining cops that were chasing them. Chase asked Smith a confusing question about talking to Locke, but they followed Locke's words, and watched him kill innocent policemen mercilessly to finally get to the car. Inside, Chase asked Smith why he accidentally honked the car's horn, to which Smith told him to shut up, and they both began their escape.

Problems with the Team

"Hey, everyone, look! Which one's me and which one's Eagly?"

―Adrian Chase to the 11th Street Kids^[src]

Chase apologizes for throwing the phone.

During the escape, Vigilante destroyed Peacemaker's phone when he tried to call Harcourt as he believed they could be tracked, though he was again reprimanded because the phone was safe, making Chase to apologize after learning there were pictures of Smith and Eagly on it. Chase asked him if he saved everything to cloud storage, which he denied because he didn't know what it was, Smith was still scared of seeing Caspar Locke killing police officers, and Chase was happy about it.

Chase and Smith discuss about the phone.

Seeing Smith's concern, Chase confronted him about how in the past they killed bad people, feeling that Smith had a new belief in protecting every life, before he stopped the car to ask Chase for his phone, which he denied because they could be tracked, and agreed to call Harcourt. Chase saw that Smith knew his password because of his birthday, and explained to Smith why he was looking for pictures of Taylor Swift's butt.

Chase and Smith inform about "Goff".

After the two arrived at Henenlotter Video, Chase talk to Murn about Smith's masculinity issues, as it led him to adopt "Goff", revealing that it took Sophie Song as host, leading to an argument about the police's nationality, and Chase mentioned that they also didn't know "Goff's" favorite color, being interrupted by John Economos, as he discovered that the main source of the butterflies food came from Coverdale Ranch which was most likely underground.

Chase compares himself with Eagly.

Chase sat with Eagly as he listened to them talk about the Amber Fluid at Coverdale Ranch, and Peacemaker noted that there was information the team kept hidden from him and Vigilante, being compared as stupid, however, Chase talked to his friends to find out which one was him and which one was Eagly, which proved Smith right, until they received Murn's order to travel to the ranch to kill the Cow the next day.

Peacemaker's Incrimination

"The diary is fake?
" Of course it's a fake. If I was gonna write a diary, it wouldn't be a diary, it'd be a fucking journal."
"Well, I would read anything you wrote, dude. I bet you could do some bomb poetry."

―Adrian Chase and Christopher Smith^[src]

Chase withnesses Peacemaker's incrimination.

At night, Chase asked Smith again if he had a diary, asking him to accompany him, and the duo witnessed a television broadcast where a Butterfly-Locke publicly incriminated Peacemaker with entries from the fake diary that was put in his trailer by Adebayo, who framed Smith. Chase watched Smith come out of the bathroom to tried to consolate him, and told Smith that Locke had turned into a "bird" just like "Goff", being corrected by Smith, reminding him that they were Butterflies.

Chase talks with Smith about the diary.

Planning to flee from the police, Chase and Smith discovered that Judomaster had escaped, though they did not care, and learned that the diary was fake. Chase talked to Smith because he was able to read whatever he wrote and laughed when Smith argued with John Economos about how the diary, since if he made a real one, no one would judge him. Following Smith, Chase told his friends that he planned to make a collage of the three of them having sex with girls in front of dolphins, but Economos denied. Chase then decided to accompany Smith and Eagly to kill the Cow.

Fighting the Aryan Empire

"There are gaps in the armor, man."

―Vigilante to the White Dragon^[src]

Chase has fun with Smith.

During the trip to Coverdale Ranch, Chase had fun with Peacemaker while listening to Wig Wam's In My Dreams, watching Eagly dance, before they were interrupted by John Economos, who asked about their happy behavior, as they should be prepared for battle, and Chase continued dancing after Smith told Economos that there was never a bad time for rock and roll. Chase and Smith continued to have fun until they were suddenly hit by the White Dragon, leaving the truck overturned. Upon getting up, they Smith's father who had put on his armor once again to try and kill Chris for revenge.

Vigilante saves Peacemaker from his father.

The duo successfully dodged his laser, which left a giant hole in the back of the truck. Right before the White Dragon could kill Peacemaker with his energy gauntlets, Vigilante shot him multiple times and got him out of the truck, giving Smith, Economos, and Eagly time to flee the truck. Chase threw a grenade between himself and August, saying that there was no bad time to rock, as he was in the explosion of the grenade, sacrificing himself for his friend. However, Chase managed to survive, receiving burns, and his suit was half-destroyed.

Chase hides from the Aryan Empire.

Chase hid from the Aryans in time until they retreated, taking advantage of the fact that one had left his car keys outside, he used the opportunity to use the vehicle to leave the place being seen by the Aryans, although August ordered him to let him go to continue his hunt against Smith. Chase also took Smith's helmets, considering them valuable. During their daring escape, Chase tried to compose himself after the explosion, and put his glasses back on, thinking of going for his friends, but he began to pass out from the explosion.

Chase feels sorry for bringing the helmets.

Despite trying to resist his sleep, he eventually gave in, and slept for a moment, causing the car to crash. Chase was awakened by Smith, who demanded that he open the door, and let Smith, Economos, and Eagly in, and Chase tried to turn on some rock music, which angered Smith because it was bad timing. Chase asked how August found them, learning from Economos that the helmets had a tracker on them, making Chase feel bad, confessing that he brought them, and upsetting Smith, who stopped the car to throw them away.

Vigilante stabs the White Dragon.

While they waited, Chase quickly left to urinate, before Economos alerted him about the Aryans, feeling uncomfortable because Chase pulled down all of his pants, to which he replied that he didn't like to urinate without his clothes touching his skin. Coming up with a plan, Chase and Economos agreed to attack the Aryans first and then save Smith. Considering that August had holes in his armor, Chase jumped on his back and stabbed him by using one of the gasps in his armor when he was about to kill Peacemaker, managing to hurt him.

Vigilante tries to conform Peacemaker.

He was quickly thrown to the ground by August but was saved by John Economos who shot the members of the Aryan Empire that tried to kill him. Chase and Economos witnessed Smith kill his father, getting rid of him, starting to cry, and Chase mistook him for doing his face exercises at such an odd time, but Economos told him that Smith was crying. Chase tried to comfort his friend, thinking he was doing face exercises by mistake before being corrected by John, leading to Chase trying to calm Smith down by patting on his back.

Preparing for the Battle

"Economos, I love this back-and-forth thing we have going. It's not as deep as, like, what Peacemaker and I have, but it's fucking cool."

―Vigilante to John Economos^[src]

Chase targets the nurses.

The trio quickly took Eagly to a Paws A Moment Veterinary Clinic, but after Eagly's surgery, he threatened the three vets to prevent them from revealing anything, stating that the the doctors saw his face, but was stopped by Economos, who called Harcourt and Adebayo. Vigilante argued with Harcourt, John and Adebayo about how he numbered the vets and how they said details of his identity as a waiter, he was destined to kill them, but Harcourt denied it, since they would only tie them up, and Vigilante was careful with the tape, something which surprised Economos because he was kind to the tape, but not to the murders.

Chase discuss Harcourt plan with the team.

When Smith and Adebayo returned, Chase and the team came up with a new plan to take down the Cow, choosing Harcourt as the new team leader, explaining how they must go to Coverdale Ranch to prevent the Butterflies from transporting the Cow, since if they kill the Cow, they would remove the Amber Fluid, killing all the Butterflies. Chase acknowledged their possible victory in the style of the movie Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, but Economos remembered him that in the end the two protagonists died, although Chase thought that they survived because only gunshots were heard with a black screen.

Vigilante and the team prepare to kill the Cow.

Chase was considered optimistic by Economos for his thinking, cheering him up because he loved arguing with him. Chase supported Harcourt with her idea and the team refused to let the nurses go because they could die by tying them up, but the nurses liked them regardless. Ready to take down the Butterflies, the team left the vet and took a new truck to Coverdale Ranch and Chase took over feeding Eagly after healing.

Chase gets frustrated by Smith and Adebayo's arguing.

Chase tried to take a break and overheard Smith fighting with Adebayo because she had framed him for the diary. When Smith began to mock her with fart sounds, Chase followed his friend to mock her as well, before Smith continued to argue, and he continued to make fart sounds until he was stopped by Smith, and frustrated, Chase claimed Smith and Adebayo's anger, as he reminded them of how August Smith was killed, and how he was having fun with his best friends, and the two of them spoiled it.

Infiltration at Coverdale Ranch

"I didn't just kill the only man who knows how to make it."
"You did just kill the only man who knows how to make it."
"I know, bro! I was being sarcastic."
"If you're gonna be sarcastic, you should really warn people so there's no confusion."

―Peacemaker and Vigilante^[src]

Chase asks Leota Adebayo about her last name.

Upon arriving at the outsides of Coverdale Ranch, Chase and Economos asked Leota Adebayo about her last name, as she took it from her wife, Keeya, and tried to understand that Amanda Waller was her mother. Chase and the team were explained by Peacemaker about his helmets' capabilites, and they saw Adebayo accidentally activate the anti-gravity helmet.

Chase explains sarcasm to John Economos.

When Smith sarcastically talked about how he killed his father, Chase asked him that if he is going to be sarcastic he should warn people to avoid inconvenience, confusing Economos, so Chase used a sarcastic example with John's physical weight, mocking him. Vigilante sarcastically said that he didn't notice Economos frying and that he was worried that he would die, for which John thanked him for the compliment. Chase discussed with Smith about throwing the sonic boom helmet into the barn, which would destroy the place, killing the Cow, and he suggested it be Green Arrow style, though Smith refused, citing the rumor about him dressing up at My Little Pony conventions, also mentioning Aquaman's rumors.

Chase and the team watch Eagly carry Peacemaker's helmet to the Coverdale Ranch.

Using Eagly to carry the helmet, Chase and Smith tried to explain about their mission, and Chase angered Smith for trying to help him tell Eagly about the target. Chase and the team happily watched as Eagly flew the helmet into the barn, having followed their instructions, hopeful, the team was about to celebrate until they saw Eagly throw the helmet into the woods, disappointing everyone. Chase mentioned to his friends about Smith's weakness in not trusting Eagly's abilities, and the team was ordered by Emilia Harcourt to search for the helmet.

Vigilante talks with John Economos in the forest.

Searching with Economos, Chase told him about how he saw squirrels and ants, considering them important to the cycle of life, which Economos didn't understand why he thought fish were more important, but Chase explained to him about how there were more ants than fish, and not at the same time, making him laugh, and confusing Economos further, who didn't understand anything about the conversation, and Chase didn't understand anything either.

Battle at Coverdale Ranch

"Don't fuck with my BFF."

―Vigilante to Larry Fitzgibbon^[src]

Vigilante and Peacemaker running towards the army of Butterflies.

The team asked John Economos to pretend to be one of the Butterflies to implant the sonic boom helmet in the barn, but he rejected, Vigilante volunteered himself to do it, though Smith told him that he couldn't as the Butterflies knew what he looked like, and Chase suggested to wear a fake mustache until Economos accepted. After a minor inconvenience, they managed to activate the sonic boom helmet that exploded four time on the barn. The explosions allowed Peacemaker, Harcourt and Vigilante to go on a full-front attack against the Butterflies while they were worried for their cow.

Vigilante kills the infected Larry Fitzgibbon.

In the battle, Chase lost all of his bullets, forcing him to take his sword to slash through the infected, allowing Smith to cross between some. Chase continued killing Butterflies and gave Smith the clear path to pursue Ik Ik. As Smith followed Eek Stack Ik Ik that went to see the cow under the barn, one of the Butterflies that infected Larry Fitzgibbon tried to stop him but Chase stabbed him before It could do so, telling him not to mess with his best friend.

Vigilante is shot by a Butterfly.

Chase continued to kill more Butterflies alongside Emilia Harcourt, however, Chase was suddenly shot from behind, complaining about starting to bleed out, and with his little strength, he threw a knife at a his attempted killer, before falling to the ground unconscious, though he simply passed out, surviving the shot, and was seen by Harcourt, who also fainted, but was nursed to safety by John Economos.

Vigilante and the team leave after killing the cow.

After Peacemaker and Leota Adebayo killed the Cow, a hurt Chase regained consciousness and reunited with his friends to confirm their victory, but found that Harcout had been shot, being helped by Economos up to leave the ranch. The team eventually walked away from the massacre at the barn and briefly met the Justice League, who had arrived late the scene, and Smith mocked them. Continuing on their way, Chase and his friends celebrated their victory before returning to the van.

Back to Normal

Recovery

"Dude, you're shot. You gotta be admitted."
"I'm fine, seriously. All I need is a good nap."

―Peacemaker and Vigilante^[src]

Chase at the Mount Rouge Health Center.

The team took Harcourt and Economos to the Mount Rouge Health Center, where Smith told Chase that he should also get admitted, but Vigilante refused until he fell unconscious again, forcing him to get admitted at the health center. Hospitalized, Chase began his recovery successfully by being healed of all his injuries. He was on his medical room while listening to Adebayo's speech about Peacemaker's Diary and revealing everything about Task Force X before escaping moments later.

New Adventures

Vigilante and Peacemaker have fun blowing up a car.

"Fuck it! fuck it! Go, go, go!"

―Peacemaker to Vigilante^[src]

After leaving the hospital, Vigilante repaired his suit, and meet with Peacemaker once again to have fun together living new adventures. In the woods, Smith and Chase used the grenade with a Russian shell grenate to blow up an abandoned car while fleeing, running away before it exploded, and the two friends watched madly as the car exploded while they had a good time laughing happily.

Personality

"When I find out someone murdered an innocent person, or sold somebody heroin, or did some graffiti, and I kill that person with my bare hands, their eyeballs popping out of their skulls, you think that gives me pleasure?"
"No."
"Well, it does."

―Vigilante and Peacemaker^[src]

Adrian Chase is enthusiastic and enjoys the small seemingly insignificant things in life and shows great interest in vigilantism and helping others. To outsiders Adrian doesn't appear to be very intelligent, but he ultimately wants to do whatever he can to help people and make friends, reaching the point of considering Christopher Smith as his best friend due to the admiration that Chase has for him. Underneath his big smile, however, he's rather awkward, odd and has a "shoot first, ask questions later" attitude, refusing to confront his issues the way most people would. However, Chase proved to be very confident when he went to confront Auggie Smith, as he didn't show fear, funny or anything after hearing that Auggie Smith is a bad guy.

According to Peacemaker, Chase has some mental issues, to the point in which he enjoys killing bad people. He also claims not to express emotions like most people do, which becomes quite obvious in the show. Although he does seem to have a sense of justice, he doesn't seem phased by the idea of killing an innocent person by mistake, which shows that he has little concern for human life in general, though he does seem to care about the life of his teammates such as Economos.

Adrian is also sadistic, stating that he derives pleasure from killing people who commits atrocious acts, which in his mind can be as minor as doing graffiti. Despite this, he takes very serious his duty and makes sure to kill anyone he's asked for, like when Leota Adebayo indirectly asked him to kill Peacemaker's father and right after this he got himself arrested with the sole intention of killing White Dragon and when he was released he sincerely apologized with Emilia Harcourt for not finishing his "job".

Vigilante seems to be completely oblivious to any kind of social cues, frequently misinterpreting other's reactions, making awkward comments unaware of their context, and struggling to realize when others are feeling emotionally distressed, such as when Peacemaker killed his own father and broke down crying and Vigilante assumed Smith was making facial excercises. This is also exemplified when he approves of Harcourt's leadership by saying "#MeToo". All these examples and several other situations in the show might indicate that Adrian is autistic.

Even though he has little concern for human life, he still has some sort of twisted moral code. For example, he prefered using tape over rope to restrain the hospital crew, claiming ropes could hurt them, showing he still has some kind of empathy, perhaps only to innocent people like them. He was also disgusted by the White Dragon's segregacionist views, mocking him for them.

Abilities

"Since then I've turned my body into an instrument of vengeance."
"Dude, that's admirable. Your body's way more toned than it used to be."
"Thanks."
"I mean, you were always wiry, but solid frame. Good foundation, I guess."

―Vigilante and Peacemaker^[src]

• Peak Human Condition: Chase has trained his body to its peak for his crime-fighting activities. According to Smith, Chase was always wiry with a solid frame, but he has since improved his muscle tone.
  • Peak Human Strength: Despite his skinny build, Chase has shown himself to be quite strong. While fighting against prison inmates who were bulkier than him, he still managed to overpower them and break one of the inmate's arm. He also buried his sword deep in Larry Fitzgibbon's head. However, he struggled to carry a garbage bin, as seen when he had to carry it by two hands and the bin was low to the ground.
  • Peak Human Durability: Chase is highly resilient and durable. Despite him being called skinny by Peacemaker, his durability showed when he was able to withstand being tortured by Royland Goff. His toes were strong enough for Goff having a hard time to cut it off, although the blade used was implied to have been dull and required more force. He later survived a close-range explosion from a grenade that even knocked an armored White Dragon to the ground, and even walked off getting shot in the back until he could get to a hospital, where he stayed for only four days.
  • Peak human Agility: Chase has incredible agility, balance, dexterity and flexibility. He effortlessly leaped on the White Dragon's back and stabbed him with his knife. While in the hospital due to a gunshot wound, Chase was able to jump out of window without causing himself any physical pain.
  • Peak Human Stamina: Chase has a good amount of stamina and endurance, allowing him to fight for very long periods of time without being fatigued.
  • Peak Human Reflexes: Chase has good reflexes, allowing him to react to danger quite quickly. He was easily able to react to inmate's ambush and managed to counter it in deadly force.

"Isn't that guy wanted on multiple counts of murder?"

―John Economos^[src]

Chase subduing prison inmates

• Expert Martial Artist: Chase is a highly skilled and formidable hand-to-hand combatant and martial artist. He is able to fight the master martial artist, Judomaster alongside Peacemaker, even managing to outlast Peacemaker before he was defeated by the more skilled foe. Chase later demonstrated his combat knowledge even further when easily incapacitating multiple prison inmates at the same time.
  • Knife Mastery: Chase is extremely skilled at using knives in combat. He drew out two combat knives during his fight against Judomaster and fought against him. Chase is also skilled in knife throwing, accurately throwing a knife in a cop's head. He also managed to stab The White Dragon weak spots with a knife and accurately threw one without even looking behind him at a Butterfly-infected host while collapsing from a gunshot wound.
  • Sword Mastery: Chase is highly skilled at using a sword in combat. He almost successfully killed Charlie the Gorilla with the sword but got knocked out. He also managed to fight off and kill numerous butterflies with his sword.

"Three years ago, I would've shot both of you in the face for that."

―Vigilante to Peacemaker and Amber Calcaterra^[src]

• Master Marksman: Chase is highly skilled in the use of various firearms, as seen when he trained with Peacemaker. He used a submachine gun to shoot a smiley face into a target. Chase was able to take out three members of the Goff family in quick succession with a sniper rifle. He is also a skilled archer, particularly with a compound bow. Chase also shoot numerous butterflies with his dual pistols. Chase's marksmanship was also shown when he shot at White Dragon with a submachine gun, hitting his target multiple times in an enclosed space without striking Economos and Peacemaker.
• Expert Tactician: Despite his immature personality, Vigilante is always prepared and careful when crime fighting. He keeps his mask on most of the time, drives around in a normal car, and when he is unmasked he constantly changes facial expressions to not be picked out of a line up. He was able to track down and follow Peacemaker's special ops team without being noticed until he revealed himself. He attempted to kill Auggie Smith by purposefully getting himself arrested and goading Smith's men into attacking him to make it look like self-defense. He also has a keen eye for detail, as he could deduce the weak spots in the White Dragon armor.
• Expert Assassin: Chase is considered a highly skilled assassin because of how he killed his targets using his combat skills, marksmanship and weapons. He managed to assassinate three members of Goff family accurately with a sniper rifle. He killed countless amount of butterflies with his sword when Battle at Coverdale Ranch and even managed to kill one by throwing a knife behind him, without looking in the Butterflies direction.
• Thief: Chase easily commandeered a White Hood's car.
• Stealth: Chase is skilled at stealth tactics. He was able to follow Peacemaker and his team for a while without being spotted, though the first time he was spotted by Adebayo. He later followed them again, with them not realizing until he revealed he had been following them.

Weaknesses

"Yeah, I was a late bloomer. I didn't go through puberty until my mid-20s. I mean, I didn't care 'cause I don't have emotions like people do, but the other guys, after Chris came up with a nickname for them, usually based on their penises, they would just walk into the other room and sob, because that would become their name for the rest of their life."

―Vigilante to Leota Adebayo^[src]

• Psychopathy: According to Peacemaker, Vigilante has mental issues. He claims to be an emotionless killer, who does not care about what other people think of him and is willing to take the life of anyone who breaks the law. He cheerfully whistled while taking out members of the Goff family, including the children. He also said he was not bothered by Peacemaker bullying him.
• Natural Lower Social Intelligence: Despite his tactical and observant mind, Vigilante has a level of relational intelligence that is "below average". Chase often asks stupid questions and behaves like a child. He is unable to follow several rules at once and usually does not pick up on sarcasm, rhetorical questions, or social cues.
• Perception: Due to most characters in the show only knowing a layer of Adrian's personality, they often judge him and call him things such as 'sociopath' or 'psychopath' just from their knowledge that he seems to have no problem murdering people, doesn't express his emotions and thoughts the way most other people would and is not very good at reading any kind of social cues. While this is indeed all correct, other than Peacemaker and Eagly, neither Harcourt nor Economos, Murn or Leota know who Adrian truly is behind those very obvious traits. Not even Peacemaker seems to truly understand Adrian's unique character. This leads to none of his team members acknowledging Adrian's skills other than that he's good for 'doing the dirty work' (murdering people), treating him more like an asset rather than a human being. Therefore, Adrian never gets any credit for his other talents, such as being very detail orientated and perceptive/observant (such as when in one glance at the White Dragon suit, he noticed the gaps between the armor in which he later used as an advantage in the fight with Auggie Smith, saving his best friend from being killed).
• Nearsighted: Chase has to wear glasses because of his insufficient eyesight. His suit compensates with a visor specially designed to meet his need for 20-20 vision.

Equipment

Suit

• Vigilante Suit: Chase wears a protective armored suit as his alter-ego, Vigilante, to hide his identity from his enemies when he goes out to fight crime and carry his weapons. The visor of the mask can detract for better vision, especially when staring through a gun's telescope. The visor is also built with a prescription lens to compensate for Chase's eye requirements. The suit also contains holsters and scabbards which Chase used to keep his weapons. His suit was later torn out as the result of the explosion caused by himself. The suit was later repaired after the Battle at Coverdale Ranch.

Weapons and Gadgets

• Walther P99: Vigilante's sidearm is a two-tone pistol with a slightly bronze-tinted stainless steel slide. He used it when practicing his marksmanship on appliances with Peacemaker, and brought it when infiltrating the Glan Tai Bottling Company facility. There, he used it to shoot at Butterflies.
• Walther PPQ Q5 Match: Vigilante brought another pistol to dual-wield at Coverdale Ranch.
• Colt Single Action Army: Vigilante dual-wielded a pair of revolvers while shooting at appliances with Peacemaker.
• MasterPiece Arms MPA30DMG: Vigilante used a suppressed submachine gun with a folding stock, BCM Mod 3 Vertical grip and a raised reflex sight to shoot at appliances with Peacemaker.

• FN P90: Vigilante took Peacemaker's new gun to defend himself, Peacemaker and Economos from the White Dragon and his soldiers. He later used it to threaten a veterinarian and two nurses for seeing him without his mask on.
• Mossberg 500 Cruiser: Vigilante used a pump-action shotgun to shoot at appliances with Peacemaker.
• Barrett M82A1M: Vigilante used a sniper rifle given to Peacemaker to assassinate the majority of the Goff family after the latter could not bring himself to do it. Before he could kill Royland Goff, however, he was ambushed by Judomaster.
• Grenade: Vigilante used a hand grenade during his confrontation against White Dragon, though he was also wounded from the explosion.
• Combat Knives: Vigilante carries two combat knives on the back of his belt. He later draws out his knives when fighting with Judomaster. He can even use them as throwing knives, demonstrated when escaping from police.
• Sword: Vigilante carries the Honshu war sword behind his suit. He later used the sword in an attempt to kill Charlie the gorilla. He later used the sword again to fight numerous butterflies.
• Compound Bow: Vigilante used a compound bow to launch arrows at appliances.
• Dynamite: Vigilante threw sticks of dynamite at appliances and jokingly threw one at Peacemaker.
• Chainsaw: Vigilante tried to bring a chainsaw into a mission but was rejected by Harcourt for not knowing if there are any butterflies there yet.

Vehicles

• Vigilante-Mobile: Chase owned and drove around in a normal Sebring car which he dubs the "Vigilante mobile".
• Aryan Empire's sedan: Chase stole a car belonged to one of the White Dragon's man and used it to escape and stored a bag containing Peacemaker's helmets.
• Locke's Sedan: Chase and Christopher Smith was offered by Locke a black car in order to escape the police.

Relationships

Family Father Mother Gut Chase - Older Brother Allies Fennel Fields - Employers Taylor - Co-Worker and Friend 11th Street Kids - Former Teammates and Best Friends Clemson Murn † - Former Leader Ik Nobe Llok † - Former Leader Christopher Smith/Peacemaker - Best Friend and Idol John Economos - Superior and Friend Emilia Harcourt - Leader and Friend Leota Adebayo Eagly Amber Calcaterra - Former Love Interest Auggie Smith's Neighbor Hurwitz - Former Enemy Justice League Superman Wonder Woman Flash Aquaman

Enemies Evergreen Police Department Sophie Song † Larry Fitzgibbon † - Victim Peggy Sacks † Judomaster Royland Goff † - Attempted Victim and Attempted Killer Royland Goff's wife † - Victim Royland Goff's son † - Victim Royland Goff's daughter † - Victim Aryan Empire Auggie Smith/White Dragon † - Attempted Victim Cool Steve † Charlie † - Attempted Killer Eek Stack Ik Ik Cow † - Target

Trivia

• Vigilante's visor is not the ski googles design from the comics and resembles the V-shape used by Dorian Chase, Adrian's brother in the comics.
• Vigilante using Colt SAA revolvers when shooting with Peacemaker is probably a reference to the first Vigilante, Greg Saunders.
• Vigilante is 5'11".
• Vigilante needs glasses to see, and his visor is apparently prescription.
• Adrian's ringtone is "Barbie Girl" by Aqua.
• Vigilante has an attraction to the American singer-songwriter Taylor Swift, judging by his phone's search history.
• Adrian, apparently wishes to experience motherhood instead of fatherhood. He was disappointed when Goff denied that the butterflies would be laying eggs in people, like the Xenomorphs in Aliens.
• Vigilante is a fan of Fargo, featuring Ewan McGregor (Black Mask).
• Vigilante's biggest dream is to murder someone with a chainsaw.

Behind the Scenes

• In the original DC Comics, Adrian Chase was a district attorney and later judge in New York City. After his wife and children were murdered by the mob, he became the Vigilante, to punish those who the justice system could not. However, after losing everyone in his life, Adrian's already fragile mind shattered, and he committed suicide.
• Vigilante in the DC Extended Universe was originally planned to be portrayed by Chris Conrad, but Conrad left the role in late May 2021 due to creative differences. He was replaced by Freddie Stroma.

References

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External Links

• Vigilante on DC Database
• Adrian Chase on Wikipedia