It is no secret that Batman: The Animated Series has been a huge hit. It was one of the most popular cartoons of the 1990s, and seeing some of Batman’s best storylines animated was simply incredible. In terms of popularity, it still holds its own today.
Despite the fact that the series was developed for children’s pleasure, it was not afraid to explore darker, more mature issues for its audience, as DC did seek to appeal to a more mature audience at times.
The series delves into topics where the villains battle serious mental problems while doing their atrocities in multiple episodes. Even Batman appears to be depressed, as he wallows in sadness over his misfortunes. We see strained father-son interactions and a narrative of a thirty-year-old lady locked in the body of a five-year-old, which is similar to the scary horror film Orphan, despite the fact that their premise is vastly different.
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Mr. Freeze Frozen Grant Walker & Himself Beneath The Ocean Forever
[Deep Freeze]
A robot breaks into Arkham Asylum and escapes with Mr. Freeze. The guards check the security footage. It makes Batman think how the one pulling the strings behind the escape might be someone else. He consults the robotics expert Karl Rossum, who spots a resemblance to the models he had built for Grant Walker.
Meanwhile, Walker releases Mr. Freeze from the robot’s captivity in his theme park Oceania. Mr. Freeze had a slowed down aging process and was practically immortal due to it which Walker wanted for himself in order to continue his work as a mogul. Walker wants Freeze to duplicate the accident that gave him the cryogenic powers.
Freeze refuses to do so when Walker pulls out his ace, a suspended Nora Fries in her cryo-tube. Freeze had held the belief that his wife had died but Walker reveals how he had managed to salvage Nora’s tube during the accident. In the end, Freeze agrees to help Walker provided he restores Nora.
Walker builds a huge cold gun to freeze the world as he believes it is too corrupt to survive. When Batman and Robin stumble upon this, Mr. Freeze and Walker’s robots capture them.
Freeze holds up his end of the bargain. Batman tries to reason with him and mentions how Nora would hate Freeze killing billions for her sake. Mr. Freeze relents and releases the duo. Together, they take down the robots and trap Walker. Freeze broadcasts a warning message to the people about Walker’s intentions and sets the cannon’s core to overload. Oceania is engulfed in ice and the core explodes while the three of them escape.
Walker sinks into a block of ice and realizes that his newfound immortality will keep him in this trapped state forever. Meanwhile, Freeze reaches out to his wife’s capsule in the Arctic waters.
Batman Let Ra’s Al Ghul’s Drowned In The Lazarus Pit
[The Demon’s Quest Part II]
Ra’s tries to throw Talia into the Lazarus Pit but Batman tries to prevent it. Talia slaps her father, causing him to come back to his senses that were previously ensnared by the pit. Ra’s decides to kill Batman and activates self-destruction. Batman and Robin manage to escape using a rope.
Ra’s leaves and Robin claims to hear the word ‘Orpheus’ a couple of times. Bruce discovers that it is a satellite that orbits around a desert. Batman heads there and infiltrates the stronghold but Ubu finds him. He overpowers Ubu easily but the other forces gang up on him and he is captured. Ra’s asks Ubu not to kill Batman. He is unmasked and his equipment and utility belt were taken for search. Ra’s then confesses to Batman that he intends to detonate bombs in all the Lazarus Pits around the world in order to kill more than 2 billion people and restore the world’s ecosystems.
Ra’s asks for Batman to be locked up when Talia stops Ra’s and Ubu and then kisses Batman. When locked up in his cell, Batman finds a lock pick in his mouth, thanks to Talia’s kiss. While Ra’s activates the bomb, Batman detonates a room of armaments forcing Ra’s forces away. He defeats Ubu and uses a sword to duel Ra’s.
When they reach the top of the pit, Batman throws his sword towards the signal device. The countdown stops and an enraged Ra’s losses his balance and falls into the Pit. Batman leaves the stronghold with Talia, who assumes she is now a prisoner. However, they share a passionate kiss before he leaves with Robin on their plane. Robin wonders if they will ever see Ra’s again and Batman believe his story to be over. However, Ra’s appears from the Lazarus Pit and laughs like a maniac.
Catwoman Transforms Into A Humanoid Cat Hybrid
[Tyger Tyger]
A sniper spots Selina Kyle aka Catwoman at the Gotham Zoo, talking to a tiger. He takes Selina while a guard tries to stop him and is instead shoved into the tiger’s den. Meanwhile, Bruce is unable to contact Selina when he learns that she went to visit the zoo. Bruce heads there and hears what the guard had to say about a gorilla-like man taking her.
Selina regains consciousness and is approached by a humanoid cat. Dr. Emile Dorian introduces it as Tygrus and himself as a man who creates humanoid creatures. He injects Selina with a serum.
Batman finds a tranquilizer which he takes to Dr. Kirk Langstrom who recognizes it as the brainchild of Dr. Dorian and explains Dorian’s work of fusing a cat’s DNA with other creatures. Batman locates Dorian’s hideout but is caught by the sniper aka Garth. Dorian notices the two of them and shows off, having transformed Selina into a real cat creature.
Batman fights Tygrus while Selina tries to stop the latter. Garth is made to take Selina and Tygrus away and Selina is captured in a net. Dorian decides to test Tygrus on Batman and tells him that he will hand out the antidote for Selina’s condition if he can defeat Tyrgus. He catches Tygrus in a net who reveals that Dorian had claimed that if Batman was gone, Selina would love Tygrus.
Selina finds Batman and tells Tygrus that he cannot win her affection by killing Batman. Dorian blames Selina for being Tygrus’ weakness and tries to kill her but Tygrus defends her. Enraged, Dorian plans to kill Tygrus instead who realizes that his father has turned against him. He destroys the lab. He then asks Batman to take an injured Dorian to the hospital for medical care. He gives Selina the antidote and bids farewell before returning to the forest.
The Joker Plants A Bomb In Children’s Party
[Be a Clown]
Mayor Hill speaks about building a safer Gotham City during his speech when a pair of criminals intervene in the ongoing speech. Batman appears to take them down but Hill expresses his distaste towards Batman, who acts outside the law, and compares him to the Joker. On hearing this, the Joker is enraged and swears revenge.
During the birthday party of Jordan, Hill’s son, Joker infiltrates as Jekko the Clown. Meanwhile, the party is nothing more than a political campaign, and Jordan, who just wants to practice his magic tricks, is forced to greet the guests. He meets Jekko and is enthralled by his tricks. As Jekko leaves, he disguises dynamite as a candle and places it on his birthday cake. Bruce Wayne, who was also present at the party, hears the Joker’s menacing laugh and knocks the cake into the pool, causing a harmless explosion.
However, Jordan has escaped into the Joker’s van and reached his hideout. He asks Joker to teach him magic tricks when Batman crashes the scene. Jordan is made to lure Batman in and the Joker attacks him. He has then suspended upside-down and bound in a tank filled with water. When Jordan realizes Joker is Jekko, he strikes the tank with an ax. Before he can strike it again, Joker takes the ax away but Batman uses the crack to break free.
The Joker catches up with Jordan at the amusement park and gets on a roller coaster with him. Batman jumps in the second it starts to move. Joker attacks Batman with grenades from there and Batman manages to kick Joker off of the coaster, into the water. He then yells for Jordan who takes his hand and is taken back home.
Hill apologizes to Jordan for not caring about his feelings and gives him his best birthday hug ever.
Tragic Life Of The Ventriloquist
[Read My Lips]
After a boxing match, a trio of muggers rob the take before the police arrive. They go to their boss, Scarface, and continue on their crime spree.
Commissioner Gordon shows Batman a videotape of their escapades from where Batman identifies one of them as Charles ‘Rhino’ Daly, thanks to his tattoo. Batman tracks Rhino down and follows him to his hideout. He then sees their boss, Scarface, who turns out to be a ventriloquist’s puppet.
He runs into Ventriloquist later who claims to know nothing about the situation but is then summoned by Scarface. Batman plants a bug on him and leaves. He plays the voices of Scarface alongside the Ventriloquist and even his computer detects it as two different voices. He believes that the ventriloquist suffers from a split personality disorder. From the bug, he learns that a platinum shipment is being held and his men must steal it. But, he assumes that he will be double-crossed and intends to kill the one who betrays him.
Batman intercepts the muggers at the ship but Rhino knocks him out with a stack of metal bars. He is tied over a pit of dummies with sharp fingernails when Scarface reveals that he was aware of the bug being planted and the platinum heist being a trap.
Scarface orders for his death but Batman manipulates Scarface to believe that the Ventriloquist is the traitor, so Scarface orders for the Ventriloquists’ death. Scarface tries to do it himself but Batman gets free and tries to stop it. He is attacked by the thugs but he overpowers them easily. One of them accidentally shoots Scarface while trying to hit Batman and the Ventriloquist cries over Scarface being shot.
The Ventriloquist is then treated at Arkham and he is believed to have healed but he had secretly created a new body for Scarface.
The Mad Hatter Most Sympathetic Villains
[Mad as a Hatter]
Neuro-technology expert Jervis Tetch heightens the brainpower of a bunch of lab rats, causing them to sit around a miniature tea set and behave like humans. His co-worker Alice has a boyfriend Billy, so Jervis decides to use mind control to win her love. On learning that Billy has broken up with her, he takes her on a magical date. He notices a poster of Alice at the Mad Hatter tea party and decides to put his device to good use.
He takes her out dressed in the Mad Hatter’s costume when they are attacked by thugs. Jervis uses the device on them to take over their mind and make them jump into the river. Batman investigates the case and finds Jervis’s mind control cards. Meanwhile, Jervis takes Alice to the Beret Rouge Club where he has manipulated everyone into being his servants.
At the Batcave, Alfred shows Bruce a picture of Alice at the tea party, causing Batman to have an epiphany about Jervis. Meanwhile, Alice finds Billy when she comes back home and he apologizes to her.
The next day, Jervis is enraged to know that Alice is engaged. Cates tells him that Bruce wants to see him when he places a mind control card on Cates’ head and leaves. He captures Billy and uses mind control to make him dump Alice.
Alice returns home to Jervis and Batman when he uses the card on Alice as well and two thugs dressed as the Walrus and the Carpenter attack Batman. Batman manages to go to the Storyboard Land and finds Jervis’ victims dressed as characters from Alice in Wonderland on the Giant Chessboard from the story. Batman manages to save Billy while Billy removes the people’s hats.
The Hatter traps Batman undercard walls but Batman throws a Batarang at the Jabberwock, causing its head to fall on the Hatter. He destroys the control band and everyone is returned to their normal state. Jervis is seen to be heartbroken.
Batman Leads Lyle Bolton To Become A Villain
[Lock-Up]
Batman and Robin return Scarecrow to Arkham Asylum who begs the guards to let him go as he wants to get away from their new chief of security Lyle Bolton. On speaking to Bolton, Batman has a bad feeling about him.
A hearing is held following some misgivings about Bolton where Harley Quinn, Ventriloquist, and Scarecrow imply that they have been intimidated to remain silent. Bruce recommends an extension of Bolton’s contracts, causing the inmates to panic and explain that he physically and verbally assaults them.
Bolton confesses that the inmates should be beaten to death and is restrained by Bruce. He is then fired by Dr. Bartholomew but Bolton refers to the pandering doctors, soft-hearted police, and bureaucrats as the real problem and swears revenge. While watching the news, he sets to target the liberal media as well.
After six months, Gleeson is abducted after dinner with Bruce. The one behind this is Bolton, who is calling himself Lock-Up when Batman shows up. Bolton explains how Batman can catch the criminals while Lock-Up will ensure they never see sunlight ever again. The idea is discarded by Batman and they fight but Lock-Up manages to escape.
City officials begin to go missing and things hit the roof when Gordon and Batholomew fall prey to this. Lock-Up then abducts Mayor Hill but he leaves his cargo locker behind. Batman finds out that the registration number is of a naval vessel used as a temporary prison where Bolton presided over security.
Batman and Robin manage to free the others and Batman fights Lock-Up. Batman overpowers him while Robin takes the hostages to safety. In the end, Bolton is locked up in Arkham but he is satisfied because he can now keep an eye on the inmates.
Bolton fell victim to the heat of vengeance as Batman investigated his antics causing him to become a villain, which brings the question did Batman create more villains as he tried to make Gotham crime-free?
Transforming Into Man-Bat
[On Leather Wings]
A humanoid bat breaks into Phoenix Pharmaceuticals and assaults a security guard. It steals chemicals and is one of the several pharmacy break-ins that have taken place recently. Both the police and Batman investigate the robbery separately. Batman sneaks into the crime scene with his knock-out gas but is spotted by two scientists who notify the police. Bullock joins Batman with his squad.
Batman finds an audiotape and some samples of the creature but the police try to trap him instead. Batman manages to escape and takes the samples to the Gotham Zoo. At the bat exhibit, he meets Dr. March, who seems to be obsessed with bats. He asks Dr. March to assess the samples under the pretense of them being a pest problem at Wayne Manor.
The bat-hair, according to Dr. March, is from a common brown bat while the sounds are from the bats fighting in the chimney but the Bat-Computer is unable to verify this so Batman believes that Dr. March and the employees at the zoo are involved in the fiasco.
He enters the zoo laboratory and finds Dr. March’s son-in-law Kirk working by himself. He has created a formula that transforms him into a Man-Bat temporarily. However, he has become addicted to it and keeps raiding pharmacies to procure the materials necessary to keep this going. He tries to make this permanent but is interrupted by Batman.
He transforms and attacks Batman but his wife enters the lab and he leaves in shame. He drags Batman across Gotham’s sky and flies past Gotham Air One. The police, who had initially thought that Batman and Man-Bat might be the same person, spot them and realize that they are different. Meanwhile, Batman subdues Kirk. He is taken to the Batcave and the transformation is reversed. He is then returned to his wife, who is grateful to have her husband back.
Penguin Goes On A Rampage
[Birds of a Feather]
Penguin tries to rob a picture of ducks from a museum but is captured by Batman. After being released, he intends to join the elite society but instead, has to take the bus with commoners.
Socialist Veronica Vreeland mopes about not being relevant enough in high society and upon Penguin’s release, decides to throw a party and invite him for social credit points. Veronica asks him out on a date that excites him.
He meets her at a restaurant where his jokes and behavior make people uncomfortable. As they leave, some thugs try to mug them and Penguin fights back.
Later, socialite Pierce talks to Veronica about Penguin lacking style and the failed mugging but Veronica takes Penguin’s side as she was not used to people rushing to her rescue. Bruce arrives and learns that Veronica went out with Penguin for publicity and warns them about the consequences of crossing Penguin.
At the party, the guests are appalled by Penguin’s behavior while Veronica begins to feel guilty. He admires a gold penguin which he wanted to gift Veronica but overhears her talking to Pierce about their bad joke. Enraged, Penguin uses knock-out gas on them and kidnaps Veronica.
Pierce goes to the police where a million-dollar ransom note is sent to him, which he had to deliver himself. At the drop-off point, he falls into the sewers and is taken to the opera house in a duck boat. He is then chained while Veronica is tied to a chandelier. Veronica tries to reason with him while he prepares to kill them. Batman intervenes and fights Penguin, who causes the opera house to catch on fire. Batman saves Veronica and Pierce and stops Penguin, who is taken into custody.
Veronica apologizes to Penguin who rebuffs her and is supported by the police for doing so.
Batman Questioning His Purpose
[I Am The Night]
Batman laments on the death anniversary of his parents and criticizes himself, much to Alfred’s displeasure. He scoffs at a child on the streets dressed in a Batman costume. Meanwhile, a technicality causes the conviction of Penguin to overturn.
The boy, Wizard, is cornered by thugs in Crime Alley, who demand payment from him for working but Batman stops them. However, one of the thugs fell on the roses Bruce had left for his parents in the alley. Batman gets angry and hands Wizard to Leslie Thompkins, prompting her to take him to Mitchell Street Mission.
Mob-boss Jimmy ‘The Jazzman’ Peake wounds Commissioner Gordon during a raid and Batman realizes that the fight at the alley was a setup to delay him. He manages to apprehend Jimmy but Gordon’s life is hanging by a thread. Harvey Bullock blames Batman for this, causing him to break his forensics equipment at the BatCave in despair.
Jazzman is sent to Stonegate Penitentiary where a flunky tells him how he can escape. But he seeks revenge on Gordon for capturing him before. Meanwhile, Bruce wallows in self-pity and considers Gordon to be a victim of his failures. He decides to quit being Batman and throws his mask away. However, Jazzman escapes killing Gordon. Dick tries to get the message to Bruce who does not respond and decides to fight Jazzman himself. However, Batman decides to go fight alongside Robin after all.
Batman intercepts Jazzman at the hospital and a violent fight ensues. Batman uses his Batarang, causing the Jazzman to destroy his hand with his own bullet. Jazzman is re-captured and Gordon gains consciousness. He uplifts Batman and calls him a hero for fighting crime.
As he returns, Batman meets Wizard who thanks Batman for saving his life. Batman finds his purpose once more.
Baby Doll’s Meltdown
[Baby Doll]
Batman and Robin investigate a case of missing actors from a sitcom called Love the Baby. The latest actor from the show disappears as well and the blonde girl who turns out to be the titular Baby-Doll of the show, Mary Louise Dahl. She suffers from systemic hypoplasia, a condition that stops her body from aging past the age of five, even though she is thirty.
Baby’s former co-star Tammy Vance is also captured and Detective Bullock puts Batman and Robin on the case. Their Batmobile is intercepted by Baby who throws herself in front of the car, causing the Batmobile to crash. They think she is a regular child and she cries for her mommy. When a red-haired woman takes her, she says, “I didn’t mean to” which is one of her lines from the show. Batman and Robin realize her true identity but she disappears with a kick-ball smoke bomb.
They go to Summer Gleeson to learn why she is kidnapping her former co-stars. Apparently, she had gotten them all laid off from the show. At her hideout, she sets up a birthday cake for herself and speaks to the captured co-stars as if they were still on set and in their characters.
Robin points out that after the ratings of the show went down, Cousin Spunky was added to the cast who quickly replaced Baby as the fan-favorite, causing Dahl to quit in rage. Batman and Robin decide to trap Baby and rescue her hostages.
Spunky is kidnapped and taken to the hideout, which is not the mock version of their set. Dahl explains how her life was terrible after she quit the show so she wants to go back to her previous life, even though the actors keep protesting. She wishes to re-do her birthday episode but uses dynamite instead of a candle. However, she does not step away from the dynamite as she intends to commit suicide but Spunky saves her and reveals himself to be Robin in disguise.
Batman crashes the party but Mariam fights him with her incredible martial arts, allowing Baby to escape. In the end, the duo overpowers Mariam and carries the hostages to safety. They follow Dahl into the House of Mirrors in Funland-Amusement Park. Dahl has a breakdown and begins to shoot at the mirrors. When Batman appears, she clutches onto his leg and tells him, “I didn’t mean to”.
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