68. Trial 69. Avatar 70. House and Garden 75. Bane 79. Riddler's Reform 80. Second Chance 81. Harley's Holiday 82. Lock-Up 83. Make 'Em Laugh 84. Deep Freeze 85. Batgirl Returns
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68. Trial
Basic Premise: The Rogue Gallery puts Batman on trial.
Featuring: Batman, Two-Face, The Joker, Harley Quinn, Ventriloquist, Scarecrow, Mad Hatter, Croc, Poison Ivy, Janet Van Dorn, Commissoner Gordon, Renee Motoya
Review: Another fun episode where the Rogue Gallery come together, this time to prove that Batman is responsible for creating them. The trial itself is more interesting than the anti-climatic verdict.
69. Avatar
Basic Premise: Ra's Al Ghul steals an ancient scroll that Bruce Wayne donated to the museum.
Featuring: Batman/Bruce Wayne, Ra's Al Ghul, Talia, Egyptian princess
Review: Enjoyable Indian Jones and The Mummy (Brendan Fraser, anybody?) type adventure that takes place out of Gotham. Think summer flick.
Random Comments:
- I have no clue how the title got its name.
- A Batman and Robin episode without Robin
70. House and Garden
Basic Premise: Wealthy Bachelors are being poisoned and while all signs point to Poison Ivy, she insists she has reformed.
Featuring: Batman/Bruce Wayne, Robin/Dick Grayson, Comissoner Gordon, Dr. Carlyle
Review: A weird anomaly resembling sci-fi of the B-movie variety. The animation is a bit off.
75. Bane
Basic Premise: Bane is after Batman.
Featuring: Batman, Robin, Croc, Bane, Candace, Rupert Thorne
Review: The pacing feels a little hasty. Batman has to outwit this villain since Bane is this scary macho wrestler-type dude with a Spanish accent with wayyyyyyy too much steroids... whoops I mean venom... in his veins. Seeing Bane's muscles grow uncontrollably large after Batman damages the machine that pumps venom into the former's veins is just plain freaky.
Random:
- According to the movie "Batman and Robin," which I have not seen, for better or worse, Bane is a henchman that does Poison Ivy's bidding.
Basic Premise: The title says it all.
Featuring: Batman, Robin, Riddler/Edward Nygma, Commissoner Gordon, Summer Gleeson
Review: One of the weaker episodes. The riddles are of the "What?! That's stupid" variety and some are a bit too obvious, even for the idiot who can't solve the easiest riddle (yours truly). The way the riddles are presented makes Batman look paranoid, and the last "riddle" of Batman escaping the Riddler's trap isn't particularly clever.
80. Second Chance
Basic Premise: Batman and Robin have to figure out who kidnapped Harvey Dent from the hospital just when a surgeon is about to erase the scars that created Two-Face.
Featuring: Batman/Bruce Wayne, Robin/Dick Grayson, Two-Face/Harvey Dent, Penguin, Rupert Thorne, Dr. Nora Crest
Review: Has the structure of a classic mystery, including red herrings. Gives insight into the character of Two-Face. In a sense, the coin is a symbol of his unease in making his own decisions without chance. He cannot accept that the coin lands on edge because there is no closure. By relying on the coin for an answer, he doesn't have to stress out about making a decision. It is a safety net and it causes him to become a criminal with no conscience. Conscience requires much consideration, which he doesn't want to do.
Basic Premise: Harley is released from the asylum and the fun begins.
Featuring: Harley Quinn, Batman/Bruce Wayne, Robin, Commissoner Gordon, Boxy, Veronica Vreeland, her father, Dr. Joan Leland
Memorable Lines:
Review: A fresh change of pace for the normally dark Batman TAS, as the title heroine just seems to unintentionally attract trouble. Without the Joker, Harley has a vivacious, bubbly personality and she is quite the flirt.
Random Comments:
-Alfred dresses Bruce? Hahahahaha!
Basic Premise: A guard at the asylum becomes the villain Lock-Up.
Featuring: Bruce Wayne/Batman, Robin/Dick Grayson, Kyle Bolton/Lock-up, Scarecrow/Jonathan Crane, Harley Quinn, Ventriloquist
Review: It starts promisingly with the immates of the asylum reluctant to testify against Kyle Bolton, but quickly goes downhill in tedious action sequences.
83. Make 'Em Laugh
Basic Premise: Joker uses mind control on three comics that are judging the annual Laugh-Off.
Featuring: Bruce Wayne/Batman, Robin/Dick Grayson, Alfred, Mighty Mom/Lisa Lorraine, Condiment King, Pack Rat, Joker, Mad Hatter
Review: The build-up is pointless. It's a pain to have to sit through Batman and Robin battling the comics who are being controlled by the Joker, and it is too obvious that Joker is beyond all the chaos, thus eliminating any sense of mystery. Oh, and this episode isn't even funny.
84. Deep Freeze
Basic Premise: Grant Walker, owner of the utopian theme park Oceana, frees Mr. Freeze from prison.
Featuring: Bruce Wayne/Batman, Robin/Dick Grayson, Grant Walker, Mr. Freeze, Karl Rossum
Review: Although nowhere as brilliant as Heart of Ice, the second episode to focus on Mr. Freeze has its moments. Mr. Freeze, at heart, is not a villain, and it is nice to see Nora appear again. The ending is poignant and shows the difference between Batman and Mr. Freeze. Batman urges Mr. Freeze to escape while Oceana is exploding, but Mr. Freeze refuses, prefering to go under and be alone with his wife, forever trapped in a capsule. Unlike Mr. Freeze, Batman believes in saving lives, even at the expense of happiness. Grant Walker effectively serves as a foil to Mr. Freeze, who would rather "trade a thousand years of [his] frozen years for [Grant's] worst day." What Grant Walker cannot understand is that Mr. Freeze did not choose to be devoid of compassion; it is his condition that makes him emotionless.
Basic Premise: Batgirl and Catwoman team up to find a stolen artifact from a museum.
Featuring: Bruce Wayne, Dick Grayson, Barbara Gordon/Batgirl, Catwoman/Selina Kyle, Roland Daggett
Review: Average episode that focuses on Batgirl. The most amusing part is when she dreams of saving Batman's life from the rogue gallery and winning the heart of the caped crusade before she wakes up and finds Dick calling for her. It's a great idea to have Catwoman and Batgirl working together, which begs for comparision. Catwoman is the more confident of the two and it shows. The only part I couldn't quite stomach is the scene where Bruce Wayne is making a business deal. He looks way too relaxed and just shrugs off Batgirl's involvement with his old nemesis and flame, which the episode never explains.
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79. Riddler's Reform
81. Harley's Holiday
Scarecrow: I am the master of fear! The lord of despair! Cower before me and witness terror!
Harley: Hi, Professor Crane!
Scarecrow: Good evening, child. (To Batman) Worship me, you fools! Worship me! Scream hosannas of anguish to Scarecrow, the all-terrible God of fear!
Scarecrow is taken away by orderlies.
Robin: I think he's getting better.
82. Lock-Up
85. Batgirl Returns