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===Television===

* Doctor Psycho appears in the ''[[Powerless (TV series)|Powerless]]'' episode "Emergency Punch-Up", portrayed by an uncredited Ronnie Zappa.

* Doctor Psycho appears in ''[[Harley Quinn (TV series)|Harley Quinn]]'', voiced by [[Tony Hale]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://comicbook.com/dc/2019/02/12/harley-quinn-joker-alan-tudyk-mark-hamill/|title='Harley Quinn': Alan Tudyk Explains How His Joker Is Different Than Mark Hamill's|website=Comicbook.com|language=en|access-date=2019-03-08|quote="Here's a funny story, Tony Hale plays Psycho, Doctor Psycho (...)"}}</ref> This version is described as "an angry misogynist dwarf with telekinesis". Additionally, he has a [[Napoleon complex]], which stemmed from not being able to ride a [[Ferris wheel]] due to his short stature as a child; reportedly became a villain after the Ferris wheel collapsed, which made him realize he enjoyed seeing people suffer; and was originally a member of the [[Legion of Doom]] until he was ousted for calling [[Wonder Woman]] and his wife [[Giganta]] the "[[Cunt|C-word]]" on live television and being divorced by the latter.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.flickeringmyth.com/2018/02/harley-quinn-animated-series-supporting-character-breakdowns-revealed/|title=Harley Quinn animated series supporting character breakdowns revealed|date=2018-02-09|website=Flickering Myth|language=en-US|access-date=2019-04-20}}</ref> Over the course of the first two seasons, he reluctantly joins forces with [[Harley Quinn]]'s crew to get back into the world of supervillainy and reconciles with his estranged son Herman until Harley gains, then relinquishes, control of a [[Parademon]] army. Furious over this, he quits the crew and joins forces with the [[Riddler]] to obtain a mind control helmet so he can enslave the Parademons that Harley left behind and most of her crew and strikes a deal with [[Darkseid]] to kill Harley in exchange for an army large enough to take over the world. After he is ultimately foiled by Harley, [[Poison Ivy (character)|Poison Ivy]], and the [[Justice League]], he is subsequently sent to [[Arkham Asylum]], where he gains better control of his emotions with help from the recently electedjoins Mayor [[Joker (character)|Joker]]'s rehabilitation program and has startedstarts an anger-management podcast that he runs from within his cell in the third season.

===Video games===

* Doctor Psycho appears in ''[[DC Universe Online]]''. This version is a member of the [[Secret Society of Super Villains]] who runs a [[LexCorp]]-funded experimental facility within [[Metropolis (comics)|Metropolis]] General Hospital. In the villain campaign, the players help him capture [[Supergirl (Kara Zor-El)|Supergirl]] so he can study her [[DNA]] on [[Lex Luthor]]'s behalf. In the hero campaign, the heroes defeat Psycho and rescue Supergirl.

* Doctor Psycho appears as a character summon in ''[[Scribblenauts Unmasked: A DC Comics Adventure]]''.

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* Doctor Psycho appears in ''Dr. Psycho's Circus of Crime'', by Paul Kupperberg and published by Capstone as part of their ''DC Super Heroes'' line of illustrated children's books.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.capstonepub.com/consumer/products/dr-psycho-s-circus-of-crime-2/|title=Dr. Psycho's Circus of Crime|publisher=[[Capstone Publishers|Capstone]]|access-date=2017-07-26|archive-date=2017-06-11|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170611192912/http://www.capstonepub.com/consumer/products/dr-psycho-s-circus-of-crime-2/|url-status=dead}}</ref>

* Doctor Psycho appears in a flashback depicted in ''[[Teen Titans Go! (2004 comic series)|Teen Titans Go!]]'' #54.

* Doctor Psycho appears in ''[[Batman: The Brave and the Bold (comics)|All-New Batman: The Brave and the Bold]]'' #4. He and several Wonder Woman villains join forces with an assortment of Batman villains to crash their respective enemies' wedding, but are swiftly defeated by the Justice League and the [[Amazons (DC Comics)|Amazons]].<ref>''All-New Batman: The Brave and the Bold'' #4</ref>

* Doctor Psycho appears in ''[[Wonder Woman '77|Wonder Woman '77 Special]]'' #1. This version possesses telepathic machines and is imprisoned in a mental institution.<ref>''Wonder Woman '77 Special'' #1 (2015). DC Comics.</ref>

* An alternate universe incarnationvariant of Doctor Psycho appears in issue #2 of the ''[[Justice League: Gods and Monsters]]'' tie-in comics. This version is '''Dr. Jackson Alpert''', a former member of the [[Central Intelligence Agency|CIA]]'s [[MKUltra]] program who disagreed with his superiors and conducted experiments on unwilling and unaware subjects using psychotropic drugs so he could "set them free" and bring them to the next stage of human evolution. After leaving the CIA, Alpert traveled to New York to continue his experiments, turning his subjects into wild, violent creatures in the process. After acquiring [[Bekka|Bekka / Wonder Woman]]'s Mother Box's crystal gems, Alpert accelerated his research, founded the Eternity Institute in [[Switzerland]], became a recluse, developed extraordinary advances in science, medicine, and technology, and secretly harvested the Justice League's DNA over the course of the next 40 years. Additionally, he created the [[Forever People]] as a result of his efforts to further develop humanity and lead them to a new world of peace and order. In his dying years, he evolves into '''[[Imperiex]]''' using the League's DNA and the Forever Formula, but is killed by Bekka.<ref>''Justice League: Gods and Monsters'' #2. DC Comics.</ref>

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