Temple Fugate developed an obsessive, murderous grudge against Mayor Hamilton Hill...because when he was a lawyer, Hill suggested Fugate take his coffee break a little later to help him relax for a lawsuit against his company, which resulted in a series of accidents making him late, which resulted in him losing the suit. Clayface, at least in his first few appearances. The opening to "Almost Got'Im" and throughout the episode are full of them. rescues him from being run over by a subway train. When the man survives and finally works up the nerve to confront his tormentor, Joker threatens to kill his family. Just try to sneak attack Batman from behind. Clayface lent himself to scenes like this. Mainly, her villainy and general craziness is due to a combination of. A shot where Batman (seen only in shadow) takes apart Poison Ivy's plant monster with an axe perfectly mirrors Mickey's destruction of the broom in, In "Fear of Victory," the football player Brian and what is revealed of his life seems to be a reference to the book and film. Inverted in "The Last Laugh," after Batman destroys the Joker's pet robot, Captain Clown (which Joker considers murder, since Captain Clown was his best friend). Freeze: Yes... it would move me to tears. Actually not Ivy herself, but a plant-based clone she had used as a decoy to escape. The episodic nature replicated the feel of the comics, and the various characters were streamlined into their most efficient archetype. At one point in "Christmas with the Joker," Joker (who is hosting a TV show) ends a scene with "But first, a word from our sponsors!" He has two pet crocodiles that saved him from deep water (as opposed to Hook being pursued by one that wishes to eat him), and while he doesn't lead any pirates, his enslaving of the children could almost be regarded as Hook enslaving the lost boys. The studios, in addition to the aforementioned AKOM and Sunrise included. In "Lock-Up," the eponymous villain was formerly a guard at Arkham Asylum who got his position due to endorsement and support from Wayne Enterprises. Not that Thorne really cares, and he deliberately made the situation worse, but this is actually a pretty valid concern: Would you vote for someone if you found out they've been desperately trying to sweep their. Tim Drake, who replaced Dick Grayson as Robin, has characteristics of both the Tim Drake from the comics and also Jason Todd. Harley & Ivy was another tie-in miniseries released in 2004 and based around Harley Quinn and Poison Ivy. Lock-Up has a similar origin and motive, but appears infrequently, and Roxy Rocket has only had one or two appearances since her first adventure. Another episode has Batgirl fighting a crooked cop on a speedboat passing by what is obviously supposed to be the Statue of Liberty. Detective Harvey Bullock, who is rude, filthy. There's only one man worthy of playing the Riddler's game. being abused into going insane and being a villain by the Joker, committed murder in a way that cannot be prosecuted. He... well. It was Rupert Thorne's attempt to blackmail Harvey Dent that lead to Dent's transformation into Two-Face, the transformation itself led to Two-Face's extra-legal war on Thorne's criminal organization. In "Pretty Poison," Bruce, Harvey Dent, and Pamela Isley are having dinner together. Anthony Romulus's last name in the comics was "Lupis". Summer Gleason in "Christmas with the Joker" and "Night of the Ninja". Implicit in the show's opening sequence, when the two suspects are intercepted on the rooftop by Batman and their eyes get big. Harley does this with a Joker grenade in "Harley's Holiday. Once the man has done this favor (which makes him an unwitting accessory to the attempted assassination of Commissioner Gordon), Joker tries to do him in for good. Both Robins. The original Clock King was simply a clock-themed crook. The series also had an official tie-in comic, The Batman Adventures, which also received critical and financial success (most notably, the Eisner-Award-winning Mad Love, which detailed Harley Quinn's origin and was later adapted as an episode of the TV series). Batman himself uses this tactic on no fewer than five separate occasions; victims include the Penguin, Two-Face, and the Mad Hatter. Four kids share their views of the Bat. Freeze's latest crime, you can see several kids run up to the snow and start playing with it. that he holds the city for ransom as "The Mad Bomber", just for more money to spend on pop culture memorabilia, Harvey Dent, repressed by Big Bad Harv for so long that he developed into a, Batgirl hallucinates her own death and her father turning against Batman, whom he blames for it, although Tim's origin in the show was taken from the character of Jason Todd. This function: As a psychiatrist working at Arkham Asylum she was a naive and reserved doctor, inexplicably drawn to the Joker and hoping to eventually cure his rampant insanity. "Be a Clown": Mayor Hamilton Hill (who despises Batman) appears on television claiming that Batman and the Joker are equally as bad. She takes pride in hardly ever getting scared — and, being a. Averted in "Sideshow". Towards the end, it was given a minor Retool into The Adventures of Batman & Robin, which promoted the latter hero from recurring role to regular star. Killer Croc generally uses the sewers of Gotham as a hideout and means of stealth travel. Most of his crimes revolve around him regaining his humanity and living a normal life. The Condiment King only has one single scene, but he slips in about a dozen condiment-related puns in that short time. She's dressed like a society lady, and her outfit includes white gloves, which she takes off when she's affectionate to Bruce. Batman pointed out that, if. In "The Terrible Trio",we never find out whether Rebecca's father ever recovered from his coma. It's just an ordinary telegram, and the delivery boy comes to the conclusion that Batman was lying in wait for him because he. If You Kill Him, You Will Be Just Like Him, Imperial Stormtrooper Marksmanship Academy, problems with her relationship with the Joker, ("Like any comedian, he uses whatever material will work. Four movies based on the series were produced: Batman: Mask of the Phantasm (which had a limited theatrical run), Batman & Mr. This is because reading is a function of the right side of the brain, which is inactive when sleeping. Leslie Tompkins in "Appointment in Crime Alley. If you're so smart, why aren't you ''rich''? Batman! The man begs for his life, and Joker agrees to spare him if he will perform "a favor" for Joker sometime in the future. Barbara Gordon aka Batgirl in "Heart of Steel, Part 2" and "Batgirl Returns". She later masquerades as Batman when she feels that he needs to be seen at a public event. "The Laughing Fish": The Joker introduces his "smile" toxin into the fish supply of Gotham Harbor, hoping to trademark the red-lipped, grinning ichthyoids and sell them in supermarkets. "Harley's Holiday" has General Vreeland. ", In "Joker's Favor", the protagonist is an ordinary man who has the misfortune to become the Joker's "hobby". The girl in "Legends of the Dark Knight" is modeled on Carrie Kelley, the Robin from, The fourth child in "Legend's of the Dark Knight" is an. When the villains capture them, put Batman on trial and force the DA to serve as his lawyer, she ends up defending Batman and he later returns the favor. Batman hijacks a flying "Hand of Fate". (Though Catwoman was blonde until the later redesign of all the characters. Grant Walker could be described as "Evil Walt Disney.". Averted in "On Leather Wings." The Joker's redesign made for TNBA made him look quite alien compared to the other characters because of his minimalistic features, solid black eyes and exaggerated smile (even for him), which contributed to its poor reception. Freeze invokes this trope, claiming his feelings were frozen inside him, but it's clear he's actually a. Arnold Wesker, the Ventriloquist, truly is one, but only when Scarface is talking. For whatever reason, Blackgate becomes Stonegate. Similarly, Scarface could be subjected to all sorts of horrific "deaths", after which the character could be brought back by simply having the Ventriloquist show up with a new dummy. This show now has a rough episode guide (help is needed) and a Best Episode Crowner. Used for the crime spree early in "Harley and Ivy", In an out-of-universe example, Fox Kids produced commercials for roughly the first third of episodes from the first season that depicted a spinning paper with a headline describing a key plot point of the next aired episode (, The persona that Batman cultivates for himself (although, see. Not only does her general incompetence make her look pretty stupid (at least in the early episodes), the verbal and, yes, "Almost Got 'Im" has an unusual one-episode example for Killer Croc. It drew heavily from the Denny O'Neil/Neal Adams era in the 70s and the live-action films directed by Tim Burton (although some of the latter's baggage, such as the mutated version of the Penguin, caused them some problems). As for Rebecca herself, she is never seen again after Batman saves her. A less dramatic example:in "Eternal Youth," Bruce offers to let Alfred and his friend Maggey attend a free spa weekend in his place. From "The Cape and Cowl Conspiracy:" "Now, what will you do with the cape and cowl?" Cut to Alfred sitting in Maggey's car as they drive off to the spa. Over the course of the series Robin grows continuously more frustrated with Batman's domination of their partnership and cold, emotionless personality. An extremely subtle one: "Double Talk" reveals that the warden of Arkham is named Crichton, the same as the prison warden from, Another subtle one (and possibly just incidental), but Batman's reason for giving Harley Quinn the benefit of the doubt in "Harley's Holiday"? He has Tim Drake's name and light-hearted personality (several episodes suggest he has Tim's intellect too), but Jason Todd's origin story, position as the second Robin, and a little bit of his attitude. Batgirl was a minor supporting character in the initial seasons, only appearing, To a lesser extent, the first Robin. ", a mook with a machine gun opens fire on Batman and Montoya at close range. The mine is being operated illegally and the operators do not care if their employees live or die, a few minutes later he intimidates a drug dealer for information by dangling him in front of a car, The fire does not quite illuminate the entire room, even though this does not match the descriptions the police give their superiors, Nightwing has a completely gratuitous one.