Patrick Bateman
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fictional character
film character
investment banker
literary character
protagonist
serial killer
unreliable narrator
Patrick Bateman is the psychopathic Wall Street investment banker and unreliable narrator at the center of Bret Easton Ellis’s novel "American Psycho" and its film adaptation.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Patrick Bateman canonical | 4 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2405512 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Patrick Bateman Context triple: [Christian Bale, portrayedCharacter, Patrick Bateman]
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A.
Tom Ripley
Tom Ripley is a charming yet deeply amoral con artist and serial imposter best known as the psychologically complex antihero of Patricia Highsmith’s crime novels.
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B.
Seymour Durst
Seymour Durst was a prominent New York City real estate developer and patriarch of the Durst family, known for expanding The Durst Organization into a major Manhattan property empire and for his outspoken political views.
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C.
Thomas Ripley
Thomas Ripley was an 18th-century English architect and master carpenter known for his work on prominent country houses and public buildings, including contributions to Palladian architecture.
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D.
Travis Bickle
Travis Bickle is the mentally unstable, alienated Vietnam War veteran who becomes a vigilante in Martin Scorsese’s film "Taxi Driver."
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E.
Michael Cage
Michael Cage is a former American professional basketball player and dominant rebounder who starred in college before enjoying a long NBA career primarily in the 1980s and 1990s.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Patrick Bateman Target entity description: Patrick Bateman is the psychopathic Wall Street investment banker and unreliable narrator at the center of Bret Easton Ellis’s novel "American Psycho" and its film adaptation.
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A.
Tom Ripley
Tom Ripley is a charming yet deeply amoral con artist and serial imposter best known as the psychologically complex antihero of Patricia Highsmith’s crime novels.
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B.
Seymour Durst
Seymour Durst was a prominent New York City real estate developer and patriarch of the Durst family, known for expanding The Durst Organization into a major Manhattan property empire and for his outspoken political views.
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C.
Thomas Ripley
Thomas Ripley was an 18th-century English architect and master carpenter known for his work on prominent country houses and public buildings, including contributions to Palladian architecture.
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D.
Travis Bickle
Travis Bickle is the mentally unstable, alienated Vietnam War veteran who becomes a vigilante in Martin Scorsese’s film "Taxi Driver."
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E.
Michael Cage
Michael Cage is a former American professional basketball player and dominant rebounder who starred in college before enjoying a long NBA career primarily in the 1980s and 1990s.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fictional character
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film character ⓘ investment banker ⓘ literary character ⓘ protagonist ⓘ serial killer ⓘ unreliable narrator ⓘ |
| appearsIn |
American Psycho
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American Psycho ⓘ
surface form:
American Psycho (film)
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| basedIn | Manhattan ⓘ |
| bodyType | athletic ⓘ |
| createdBy | Bret Easton Ellis ⓘ |
| culturalImpact | iconic representation of yuppie psychopath archetype ⓘ |
| education |
Harvard University
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surface form:
Harvard University (implied in canon)
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| employer | Pierce & Pierce ⓘ |
| eyeColor | blue ⓘ |
| fandom | American Psycho fandom ⓘ |
| firstAppearance |
American Psycho (novel)
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surface form:
American Psycho (1991 novel)
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| gender | male ⓘ |
| genre |
psychological horror
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satire ⓘ |
| hairColor | brown ⓘ |
| hasPersonalityTrait |
materialistic
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narcissistic ⓘ psychopathic ⓘ sadistic ⓘ status-obsessed ⓘ |
| hasRelationship | Courtney Rawlinson ⓘ |
| hasSibling | Sean Bateman ⓘ |
| kills |
Paul Allen
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homeless man ⓘ sex worker ⓘ |
| loveInterest | Evelyn Williams ⓘ |
| nationality | American ⓘ |
| notableQuote |
I have to return some videotapes.
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There is an idea of a Patrick Bateman, some kind of abstraction. ⓘ |
| notableScene |
Huey Lewis and the News monologue
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business card comparison scene ⓘ chainsaw staircase scene ⓘ |
| occupation | investment banker ⓘ |
| portrayedBy |
Christian Bale
ⓘ
Robert Thurman ⓘ
surface form:
Dechen Thurman
Matt Ross ⓘ |
| relatedWork | The Rules of Attraction ⓘ |
| theme |
alienation
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critique of 1980s consumerism ⓘ identity dissolution ⓘ |
| worksIn | Wall Street ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Patrick Bateman Description of subject: Patrick Bateman is the psychopathic Wall Street investment banker and unreliable narrator at the center of Bret Easton Ellis’s novel "American Psycho" and its film adaptation.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.