Norman Bates

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Norman Bates is the disturbed young man and motel owner from Alfred Hitchcock’s film "Psycho," infamous for his split personality and murderous behavior.

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Norman Bates canonical 21

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Predicate Object
instanceOf fictional character
film character
literary character
appearsIn Bates Motel
surface form: Bates Motel (TV series)

Psycho
surface form: Psycho (1960 film)

Psycho
surface form: Psycho (novel)

Psycho II
surface form: Psycho II (film)

Psycho III
surface form: Psycho III (film)

Psycho IV: The Beginning
associatedWithDirector Alfred Hitchcock
basedOn Ed Gein
controlsBusiness Bates Motel
createdInYear 1959
creator Robert Bloch
culturalImpact archetype of the psychotic killer with a split personality
iconic cinematic villain
featuredIn iconic shower scene (Psycho)
firstAppearance Psycho (1959 novel)
firstFilmAppearance Psycho
surface form: Psycho (1960 film)
gender male
genre horror
psychological thriller
hasAlterEgo Norma Bates
surface form: Norma Bates (personality)
hasDisorder dissociative identity disorder
hasMother Norma Bates
hasSibling Dylan Massett
surface form: Dylan Massett (in Bates Motel TV continuity)
hasTheme Oedipal complex
madness
repression
hasTrait emotionally disturbed
shy
socially awkward
killedBy Lila Crane
surface form: Lila Crane (in novel continuity)
languageOfWorkOrName English
locatedInFictionalUniverse Fairvale, California
nationality American (fictional)
notableFor murdering Marion Crane
occupation clerk
motel owner
portrayedBy Anthony Perkins
Freddie Highmore
Vince Vaughn
residence Bates Motel
Bates family mansion
surface form: Bates house
subjectOf Bates Motel
surface form: Bates Motel television series

Psycho
surface form: Psycho film series
weaponUsed kitchen knife

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Bates Motel mainCharacter Norman Bates
Psycho mainCharacter Norman Bates
Anthony Perkins notableCharacter Norman Bates
Freddie Highmore playedCharacter Norman Bates
Emma Decody closeTo Norman Bates
Emma Decody friendOf Norman Bates
Emma Decody loveInterestOf Norman Bates
Alex Romero associatedWith Norman Bates
Norma Bates hasRelative Norman Bates
Norma Bates hasChild Norman Bates
Norma Bates primaryRelationship Norman Bates
Dylan Massett relative Norman Bates
Dylan Massett halfBrotherOf Norman Bates
Dylan Massett caresFor Norman Bates
Marion Crane killedBy Norman Bates
Lila Crane associatedWith Norman Bates
Lila Crane confronts Norman Bates
Sam Loomis confronts Norman Bates
Fairvale, California (fictional) associatedWithCharacter Norman Bates
subject surface form: Fairvale, California
Psycho (1998 film) character Norman Bates