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Bat-Mite is a fictional comic book character from DC Comics.
Bat-Mite is an imp similar to the Superman villian Mr Mxyzptlk. He appears as as small childlike man in an ill-fitting Batman costume, with a lightning bolt instead of the bat-insignia. Bat-Mite is often portrayed as having near infinite magical powers though in reality these have a scientific explanation as he comes from a higher dimension again similar to Mr. Mxyzptlk who comes from the 5th Dimension. In Bat-Mite's dimension the imps idolise the heroes of the DC Universe and impersonate them re-enacting their heroic feats and adventures. Bat-Mite's favourite hero is The Batman and he will often set up strange events so that he can see his hero in action. Despite this Bat-Mite is more of a nuisance than a supervillain and often left his hero alone when he realized he angered his idol again.
Pre-crisis Bat-Mite was part of the DC Canon but post-crisis his existence is a more tenuous. He has appeared in Legends of the Dark Knight although he may have been the hallucination of a minor character. He also appeared in World's Funnest in which he battles Mr. Mxyzptlk, destroying the Pre-crisis multiverse of DC Comics as well as the post-crisis universe, the universe of Kingdom Come and the universe of the Superman and Batman Animated series.
Apart from World's Funnest there has been no direct connection between Bat-Mite and Mr. Mxyzptlk. In fact in this comic there seemed to be different laws applied to their powers. In Bizzaro Comics Mxyzptlk's with dimension seemed to include beings similar to Bat-Mite. Neither of these comics are considered canon however.
Other media depiction
Bat-Mite was a regular character of the animated series The New Adventures Of Batman where he was depicted as a well meaning magical fan of the superhero. As such, he usually tried to help Batman even though he usually complicated matters.
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