List of Batman: The Animated Series episodes

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Batman: The Animated Series is an American television series based on the DC Comics superhero Batman, which was produced by Warner Bros. Animation and originally aired on Fox from 1992 to 1995; lasting 85 episodes. The series has since aired in re-runs on various other broadcast and cable networks, including The WB, Cartoon Network, Toon Disney and The Hub. Each episode is approximately 22 minutes long, excluding commercials.

The series is part of what has become known as the DC animated universe, which consists of eight animated television shows and four animated films, largely surrounding DC Comics characters and their respective mythos.

Series overview

Season		Episodes		Originally aired
				First aired	Last aired
	1	66		September 5, 1992	December 17, 1993
	2	19		May 3, 1994	May 3, 1998

Episode list

This article lists the episodes in their production order, in accordance with the order the series was released on DVD; rather than by their original airdates. The former was often preferred by fans due to establishment, story flow, consistency, character introduction, etc.^[1]

Season One

66 episodes were produced for Season One, due to it being the minimum number of episodes necessary for a TV series to be successfully syndicated. 60 of these episodes were initially aired during the 1992/93 television season, which ran from September to December. The final five episodes of season one were held back until September 1993.

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Villain(s)	Directed by	Written by	Original air date
1	1	"On Leather Wings"	Man-Bat	Kevin Altieri	Mitch Brian	September 5, 1992 (primetime) September 24, 1992 (weekday)
A mysterious bat-like creature terrorizes Gotham City, causing the police force to pursue Batman. The Dark Knight must find the real perpetrator to clear his name.
2	2	"Christmas with the Joker"	The Joker	Kent Butterworth	Eddie Gorodetsky	November 13, 1992
After escaping Arkham Asylum on Christmas Eve, The Joker takes over Gotham's airwaves and terrorizes the city for a crime. He challenges Batman and Robin to find his hidden TV studio and free his hostages — Commissioner Gordon, Detective Bullock and Summer Gleeson — before midnight.
3	3	"Nothing to Fear"	The Scarecrow	Boyd Kirkland	Henry T. Gilroy and Sean Catherine Derek	September 15, 1992
Batman encounters the Scarecrow and attempts to foil his scheme to burn down Gotham University, but in the process is exposed to the Scarecrow's fear gas, and is forced to face his own guilt over the death of his parents. Note: This episode introduced the popular line; "I am vengeance. I am the night. I am Batman!"[2]
4	4	"The Last Laugh"	The Joker	Kevin Altieri	Carl Swenson	September 22, 1992
The Joker covers Gotham City in a cloud of laughing gas and begins plundering the crazed city. But after Alfred is infected with the toxin, Batman has added incentive to stop the Joker and acquire an antidote from him before all of Gotham dies with a smile.
5	5	"Pretty Poison"	Poison Ivy	Boyd Kirkland	Story by: Paul Dini and Michael Reaves Teleplay by: Tom Ruegger	September 14, 1992
When District Attorney Harvey Dent collapses after a meal with his fiancée Pamela Isley and friend Bruce Wayne, doctors discover that he has been poisoned. Batman must find the culprit and the antidote before the DA's time runs out.
6	6	"The Underdwellers"	Sewer King	Frank Paur	Story by: Tom Ruegger Teleplay by: Jules Dennis and Richard Mueller	October 21, 1992
Batman traces a series of bizarre robberies on the streets of Gotham back to a band of homeless children, who have been raised to do the bidding of their master, the Sewer King.
7	7	"P.O.V."	The Drug Lord and his Gangsters	Kevin Altieri	Story by: Mitch Brian Teleplay by: Sean Catherine Derek and Laren Bright	September 18, 1992
A botched police operation results in the suspension of those involved: Officer Wilkes, Officer Montoya, and Detective Bullock. Confronted by their superiors, each of them is forced to tell their tale of what happened that night.
8	8	"The Forgotten"	Boss Biggis	Boyd Kirkland	Jules Dennis, Richard Mueller and Sean Catherine Derek	October 8, 1992
While investigating the disappearances of Gotham's homeless in an undercover disguise, Bruce Wayne is kidnapped and imprisoned in a chain gang mining camp, suffering from amnesia. Alfred must thus track him down, help him escape, and free the rest of the prisoners.
9	9	"Be a Clown"	The Joker	Frank Paur	Ted Pedersen and Steve Hayes	September 16, 1992
Mayor Hamilton Hill's miserable son, Jordan, becomes even sadder when his father uses his birthday party as a political gathering, and ends up stowing away in the truck of the party clown hired by Hill for the party, whom he doesn't know is actually the Joker in disguise. It is now up to Batman, whom Mayor Hill distrusts, to rescue the boy before it is too late.
10	10	"Two-Face: Part 1"	Rupert Thorne	Kevin Altieri	Story by: Alan Burnett Teleplay by: Randy Rogel	September 25, 1992
Mobster Rupert Thorne attempts to use Harvey Dent's secret split personality to blackmail him. But when Dent meets with Thorne at a chemical plant, "Big Bad Harv" takes over, and the resulting confrontation leads to an explosion that horribly scars half of Dent's face.
11	11	"Two-Face: Part 2"	Rupert Thorne and Two-Face	Kevin Altieri	Randy Rogel	September 28, 1992
Harvey Dent, now calling himself Two-Face, resurfaces and starts robbing Rupert Thorne's illegal businesses, preparing for a final confrontation with the crime boss, and Batman must stop his former friend before he and Thorne kill each other. Note: Batman's method of defeating Two-Face in this episode (using a case of coins) was later used in the climax of Batman Forever.
12	12	"It's Never Too Late"	Rupert Thorne and Arnold Stromwell	Boyd Kirkland	Story by: Tom Ruegger Teleplay by: Garin Wolf	September 10, 1992 (weekday) January 17, 1993 (primetime)
A mob war between crime bosses Rupert Thorne and Arnold Stromwell is nearing its end, and comes to a climax when Stromwell is set up to be killed in an exploding restaurant by Thorne. Batman saves him at the last moment, and aided by Stromwell's brother (now a priest who lost his leg years before, an accident for which Stromwell carries a secret guilt), tries to persuade him to give up his life of crime and help the police bring Thorne down by testifying against him.
13	13	"I've Got Batman in My Basement"	The Penguin	Frank Paur	Sam Graham and Chris Hubbell	September 30, 1992
During a fight with Batman over a stolen Fabergé egg, the Penguin incapacitates Batman with poison gas. The Dark Knight is rescued by a teenage amateur detective named Sherman Grant and his friend Roberta, who hide Batman in Sherman's basement long enough for him to recover before the Penguin finds them.
14	14	"Heart of Ice"	Mr. Freeze and Ferris Boyle	Bruce W. Timm	Paul Dini	September 7, 1992
Bitter scientist Victor Fries, as Mr. Freeze, attacks several divisions of GothCorp, each time stealing a piece for a secret weapon he intends to build. Batman investigates the connections, and discovers that the start of Freeze's vendetta against GothCorp was a bitter falling out between Fries and GothCorp's CEO, Ferris Boyle (Mark Hamill), during which Boyle almost killed Fries (mutating him into Freeze) and presumably killed Fries' terminally ill wife, Nora. Batman must find a way to bring Boyle to justice before Freeze carries out his revenge. Note: This episode won the series a 1993 Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing in an Animated Program.[3]
15	15	"The Cat and the Claw: Part I"	Catwoman and Red Claw	Kevin Altieri	Story by: Sean Catherine Derek and Laren Bright Teleplay by: Jules Dennis and Richard Mueller	September 5, 1992
Batman encounters a new cat burglar calling herself Catwoman, and around the same time, meets a woman named Selina Kyle (as Bruce Wayne), to whom he is visibly attracted. When Selina runs into trouble with a terrorist group known as The Red Claw, who want the mountain lion sanctuary she was trying to protect, she decides to take matters into her own hands and investigate.
16	16	"The Cat and the Claw: Part 2"	Red Claw	Dick Sebast	Story by: Sean Catherine Derek and Laren Bright Teleplay by: Jules Dennis and Richard Mueller	September 12, 1992
The leader of the Red Claw group (known herself only as Red Claw) attacks a military train and steals a viral plague, which she intends to release in Gotham if she isn't paid a ransom.
17	17	"See No Evil"	Lloyd Ventrix	Dan Riba	Martin Pasko	February 24, 1993
Lloyd "Eddie" Ventrix is on the verge of losing his daughter, Kimberly, to his ex-wife, Helen, due to his past as a con artist. Determined not to lose Kimberly, Ventrix dons a suit, stolen from where he used to work while on parole, which grants the user invisibility but also becomes highly toxic, and poses as Kimberly's imaginary friend, Mojo, while stealing jewellery for her. Note: Michael Gross, who provided the voice of Ventrix, later voiced Warren McGinnis in Batman Beyond.
18	18	"Beware the Gray Ghost"	The Mad Bomber	Boyd Kirkland	Story by: Dennis O'Flaherty and Tom Ruegger Teleplay by: Garin Wolf and Tom Ruegger	November 4, 1992
Simon Trent, an actor best known for his past role as "The Gray Ghost", is on the verge of bankruptcy thanks to his declining career. To save himself, he sells off all of his Gray Ghost merchandise. Immediately afterwards, a series of crimes related to the old show begin to occur. Batman, having himself been inspired partly by the show to become the crimefighter he now is, goes to Trent for help, and they team up to put an end to the crimes, and also revive Trent's career. Note: The Gray Ghost was voiced by Adam West, the star of the 1960s television show Batman.
19	19	"Prophecy of Doom"	Nostromos	Frank Paur	Story by: Dennis Marks Teleplay by: Sean Catherine Derek	October 6, 1992
Batman investigates a cult, called the Brotherhood, founded by the "mystic" Nostromos after hearing about a number of stories from his colleagues about his ability to predict the future. Batman finds out that Nostromos is actually a con artist who was rigging near-fatal accidents to gain the confidence of Gotham's upper class citizens.
20	20	"Feat of Clay: Part 1"	Roland Daggett	Dick Sebast	Story by: Marv Wolfman and Michael Reaves Teleplay by: Marv Wolfman	September 8, 1992
Bruce Wayne is framed for the attempted murder of Lucius Fox. The real perpetrator is an actor and master of disguise named Matt Hagen, who was disfigured in a car accident years ago. In order to keep his fame, he secretly started working for Roland Daggett, who provides him with a monthly supply of an addictive face cream known as Renuyu (a pun on "Renew You") that can temporarily reshape his face back to normal, and who wants to take Wayne Enterprises over for marketing expansion. For botching the murder, Hagen's supply is cut off, and when he breaks into Daggett's lab for more Renuyu, he pays the price dearly when Daggett's men drench his face in the formula and force him to swallow liters of it to avoid drowning. Meanwhile, Bruce Wayne is arrested and taken into custody, charged with the assault on Fox.
21	21	"Feat of Clay: Part 2"	Clayface and Roland Daggett	Kevin Altieri	Story by: Marv Wolfman and Michael Reaves Teleplay by: Michael Reaves	September 9, 1992
Bruce Wayne is released from prison on bail. Hagen, as it turns out, survived the murder attempt on him, but at a high cost: the formula entered his body and soaked every single one of his cells, turning him into a shape-shifting mutant. With his newfound powers, Hagen, now calling himself Clayface, decides to take his revenge on Daggett and his men.
22	22	"Joker's Favor"	The Joker and Harley Quinn	Boyd Kirkland	Paul Dini	September 11, 1992 (weekday) January 31, 1993 (primetime)
After a man named Charlie Collins curses at the Joker on the road for offensive driving, the Clown Prince of Crime corners him and intimidates him into doing him a "small favor". Two years pass, and the Joker finally decides how to use Charlie: to sneak a bomb into the Peregrinator's Club, where Commissioner Gordon is to give a speech at an award ceremony. Charlie, who merely has to open the door, is skeptical at first, but for the sake of his family, he reluctantly decides to obey. Note: This episode features the debut appearance of the Joker's accomplice and love interest, Harley Quinn.
23	23	"Vendetta"	Killer Croc	Frank Paur	Michael Reaves	October 5, 1992
Detective Bullock is arrested for kidnapping. Batman, who dislikes Bullock but nevertheless believes him to be a good man, investigates, and discovers the identity of the real criminal: Killer Croc, who harbors a vendetta against Bullock for capturing him once.
24	24	"Fear of Victory"	The Scarecrow	Dick Sebast	Samuel Warren Joseph	September 29, 1992
The Scarecrow invents a fear chemical that is activated by adrenaline. Then, he uses it to affect the outcome of athletic events. Whenever a single person becomes agitated, the fear chemical kicks in, turning his excitement to fear. The Scarecrow bets against the sports stars' teams as part of his criminal scheme to scare up some quick cash, and Batman and Robin must foil his plot.
25	25	"The Clock King"	Clock King	Kevin Altieri	David Wise	September 21, 1992
After his company goes bankrupt, Temple Fugate becomes the Clock King. Fugate sets out to seek his revenge against the man whom he blames for his misfortunes: Mayor Hamilton Hill. Fugate kidnaps Hill, intending to do away with him to accomplish his revenge. Batman must stop Fugate from carrying out his revenge and save the mayor's life.
26	26	"Appointment in Crime Alley"	Roland Daggett	Boyd Kirkland	Gerry Conway	September 17, 1992
With the help of arsonists, Roland Daggett plans to destroy Crime Alley and use the land to expand his business empire. But that plan would mean killing the residents or forcing them to abandon their homes. Now, Batman must foil Daggett's plan and try to prove that he is a criminal. Note: Based on the comic-book story "There Is No Hope in Crime Alley" (Detective Comics #457, March 1976) by Denny O'Neil and Dick Giordano.
27	27	"Mad as a Hatter"	The Mad Hatter	Frank Paur	Paul Dini	October 12, 1992
Miserable Wayne Industries scientist Jervis Tetch is unable to pursue the girl he loves, Alice the secretary. When she splits up from her boyfriend, he makes an advance and develops a fast friendship with her, until her boyfriend reconciles with her and proposes to her. Enraged, Tetch decides to take matters into his own hands, and dons the mantle of the Mad Hatter, using his mind-control devices to force those who have wronged him all his life to become his mindless slaves.
28	28	"Dreams in Darkness"	The Scarecrow	Dick Sebast	Judith & Garfield Reeves-Stevens	November 3, 1992 (weekday) December 20, 1992 (primetime)
Batman is incarcerated in Arkham Asylum after being exposed to the Scarecrow's fear-inducing gas. Batman knows that the Scarecrow has escaped for the second time and is planning to poison Gotham's water supply with the same fear-inducing gas. Notes: Loosely based on "Batman: The Last Arkham" of Batman: Shadow of the Bat #1-4 by Alan Grant. This episode adapted the comic book story with the inclusion of the Scarecrow instead of Victor Zsasz and Dr. Bartholomew instead of Jeremiah Arkham. The Scarecrow's scheme in this episode was similarly used by Ra's al Ghul (with assistance from the Scarecrow) in Batman Begins.
29	29	"Eternal Youth"	Poison Ivy	Kevin Altieri	Beth Bornstein	September 23, 1992
Several rich industrialists are invited to the Eternal Youth Health Spa, and that's where they are last seen before disappearing. The only connection: they had something to do with the death of plants. Bruce Wayne also receives an invitation (although it was one of his greedy directors who nearly made the deal to destroy a rainforest before Bruce forced him to shut the operation down), but Alfred and his "lady friend", Maggie, go in his place. When they do not return, Batman is forced to investigate, discovering that the spa is run by Poison Ivy, and that she has been using a formula to turn the industrialists into humanoid trees, including Alfred and Maggie.
30	30	"Perchance to Dream"	The Mad Hatter	Boyd Kirkland	Story by: Laren Bright and Michael Reaves Teleplay by: Joe R. Lansdale	October 19, 1992 (weekday) March 14, 1993 (primetime)
Bruce Wayne wakes up one morning to find that his life is completely upside-down: his parents are alive, the Batcave does not exist, Alfred does not remember Robin, and he is engaged to Selina Kyle. However, it doesn't mean that Batman isn't still around, and Bruce starts to wonder what has happened, especially after seeing the characteristics of a dream (such as book and newspaper prints not making sense) inside this new life.
31	31	"The Cape and Cowl Conspiracy"	Josiah Wormwood	Frank Paur	Elliot S. Maggin	October 14, 1992
Baron Jozek, furious at Batman for humiliating him at a dinner party (over Jozek's underworld connections), hires Josiah Wormwood, a master in setting traps for his victims, to hunt down Batman and bring back the hero's cape and cowl. Note: Based on the comic-book story "The Cape and Cowl Death Trap!" from Detective Comics #450 August 1975, written by Elliot S. Maggin.
32	32	"Robin's Reckoning: Part 1"	Tony Zucco, Arnold Stromwell	Dick Sebast	Randy Rogel	February 7, 1993 (primetime) May 17, 1993 (weekday)
During a fight with some gangsters at a construction yard, Batman and Robin learn the name of their boss: Billy Marin. While Robin looks forward to going up against Marin, Batman becomes distant, and after a falling out at the Batcave, Batman doesn't allow Robin to accompany him on the search for Marin. Robin investigates on the Batcomputer, and soon realizes that Billy Marin is not the boss' real name. Rather, it is an alias of Tony Zucco, the man who killed his parents (which Batman already knew, but chose not to tell Robin). Notes: The flashbacks to Robin's origin story is based on Detective Comics #38 June 1940. This episode won the 1993 Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Animated Program (for Programming Less Than One Hour).[3]
33	33	"Robin's Reckoning: Part 2"	Tony Zucco	Dick Sebast	Randy Rogel	February 14, 1993 (primetime) May 18, 1993 (weekday)
Angered by Batman's deceit, Robin sets out to find Tony Zucco on his own, all the while plagued by the memories of his parents' death and how Bruce took him in as his own son. Eventually, Batman manages to find Zucco at an old amusement park, but breaks his leg during the fight. Robin finally arrives and prepares to kill Zucco in revenge.
34	34	"The Laughing Fish"	The Joker and Harley Quinn	Bruce W. Timm	Paul Dini	January 10, 1993 (primetime) April 27, 1993 (weekday)
Joker creates a toxin that affects only fish, mutating them into Joker fish. Then, he targets innocent men who refuse to copyright his Joker fish. The Joker also captures Harvey Bullock, and Batman must rescue him and foil the Clown Prince of Crime's insane scheme. Note: This episode is based on three Batman comics, blended together; "The Joker's Five-Way Revenge" from Batman #251 September 1973 by Denny O'Neil with art by Neal Adams, followed by "The Laughing Fish" and "Sign of the Joker!" from Detective Comics #475 and #476, of February/March 1978, both by writer Steve Englehart with art by Marshall Rogers.
35	35	"Night of the Ninja"	Kyodai Ken	Kevin Altieri	Steve Perry	October 26, 1992
A mysterious ninja is robbing Wayne Enterprises subsidiaries, and Batman discovers that the ninja is actually his equal in combat. A grudge against Bruce Wayne and skills to match him can only mean one person: Kyodai Ken, an old rival of Wayne's teacher from his days in Japan, and who was thrown out of the dojo after attempting to rob it, only to be stopped by Wayne. Ken, it turns out, wants revenge.
36	36	"Cat Scratch Fever"	Roland Daggett and Professor Milo	Boyd Kirkland	Story by: Sean Catherine Derek Teleplay by: Buzz Dixon	November 5, 1992
Batman must stop Roland Daggett's plan to release a viral plague designed by Professor Milo into Gotham by way of its stray cat population. The case gains new urgency when Catwoman becomes infected with the virus during her search for her missing cat, Isis. Now, Batman must find an antidote to save the woman who loves him most.
37	37	"The Strange Secret of Bruce Wayne"	Hugo Strange, The Joker, Two-Face and the Penguin	Frank Paur	Story by: David Wise Teleplay by: Judith & Garfield Reeves-Stevens	October 29, 1992 (weekday) February 28, 1993 (primetime)
After a prominent judge is injured during a struggle with some thugs demanding money from her in exchange for a strange tape, Bruce Wayne decides to take a trip to Yucca Springs, a resort where the judge had vacationed, and consult Dr. Hugo Strange, a psychiatrist. Bruce soon learns that Strange has invented a machine that extracts people's darkest secrets from their minds and transfers them to videotape — and now Strange has proof of Bruce's secret identity as Batman, and plans to auction it to three of Gotham's prominent crime bosses. Note: Dr. Strange's scheme in this episode was similarly used by the Riddler in Batman Forever. Based on the comic stories "The Dead Yet Live" and "I Am the Batman!" from Detective Comics #471 and #472, of August/September 1977 by Steve Englehart.
38	38	"Heart of Steel: Part 1"	H.A.R.D.A.C.	Kevin Altieri	Brynne Stephens	November 16, 1992
Several robberies take place at major companies, including Wayne Enterprises, and Bruce Wayne, as Batman, discovers the thief to be a mechanical briefcase. Bruce meets with his old friend, Karl Rossum, an expert in robotics who lost his daughter to a vehicle accident years ago. He also meets Rossum's assistant, Randa Duane, and Rossum's ultimate creation: a prototype A.I. known as Holographic Analytical Reciprocating Digital Computer (H.A.R.D.A.C.) Bruce invites Duane to dinner, and around the same time, certain civilians start acting strangely. Most surprising is when Duane unexpectedly leaves Wayne Manor while Bruce is on the phone, and the entire Batcave turns on Batman. Note: This episode marks the series' debut appearance of Barbara Gordon.
39	39	"Heart of Steel: Part 2"	H.A.R.D.A.C.	Kevin Altieri	Brynne Stephens	November 17, 1992
Batman manages to free himself from the Batcave's clutches, and brings it back under his control, although he fails to track Duane down. Barbara Gordon approaches Batman to inform him of her father's sudden change in behavior. A brutal fight between Batman and Detective Bullock ensues, during which Batman pushes Bullock onto the Bat Signal, and reveals him to actually be an android, meaning that the real Bullock and James Gordon have gone missing, and Batman knows who the culprit is: H.A.R.D.A.C.
40	40	"If You're So Smart, Why Aren't You Rich?"	The Riddler	Eric Radomski	David Wise	November 18, 1992 (weekday) January 3, 1993 (primetime)
Edward Nygma creates the game The Riddle of the Minotaur and makes millions for the company Competitron. He is then fired by his superior, Daniel Mockridge, who wants the profits for himself. Nygma vows revenge, and two years later, he takes up the mantle of the Riddler and traps Mockridge inside a life-sized version of the Minotaur maze. Batman's sympathy is with Nygma, but he and Robin have to stop him before he kills Mockridge, despite the fact that Mockridge cannot legally be brought to justice. Regardless, Mockridge, despite the resulting rescue, is left in a permanent all-consuming fear of Nygma's return for revenge. Note: This episode features the series' debut appearance of The Riddler. Fun fact: When Robin is playing the Minotaur game on the Batcave computer, the majority of the sound effects heard from the game are actually from the NES game Super Mario Bros. 3.
41	41	"Joker's Wild"	The Joker and Cameron Kaiser	Boyd Kirkland	Paul Dini	November 19, 1992 (weekday) December 27, 1992 (primetime)
Cameron Kaiser builds a casino hotel modeled after the Joker, called "The Joker's Wild". The Joker sees this on the news and, enraged, escapes from Arkham again, with one thought on his mind: destroying the casino, unaware that this is exactly what Kaiser wants him to do as part of an insurance claim.
42	42	"Tyger, Tyger"	Emile Dorian	Frank Paur	Story by: Michael Reaves and Randy Rogel Teleplay by: Cherie Wilkerson	October 30, 1992
Selina Kyle is kidnapped by the villainous genetic engineer Dr. Emile Dorian and becomes his latest experiment to provide his man-cat hybrid named Tygrus with a mate. Batman learns of this and comes to the island to rescue Selina. He is captured and forced into a deadly game of cat-and-flying mouse as Tygrus hunts Batman through the island's jungles.
43	43	"Moon of the Wolf"	The Werewolf and Professor Milo	Dick Sebast	Len Wein	November 11, 1992
Batman investigates the appearance of a werewolf-like creature in Gotham, not realizing that the monster happens to be one of Bruce Wayne's associates — Anthony Romulus, ex-Olympic champion. Behind the scheme is twisted chemist Professor Milo. Note: Based on the comic story of the same name by writer Len Wein with art by Neal Adams, from Batman #255, April 1974.
44	44	"Day of the Samurai"	Kyodai Ken	Bruce W. Timm	Steve Perry	February 23, 1993
Kyodai Ken kidnaps Kari, star pupil of Yoru Sensei, the martial arts instructor who taught both Kyodai and Bruce. The ninja's ransom for her is a scroll that teaches the location of the fabled Death Touch.
45	45	"Terror in the Sky"	She-Bat	Boyd Kirkland	Story by: Steve Perry and Mark Saraceni Teleplay by: Mark Saraceni	November 12, 1992
When a giant-sized bat ransacks Gotham harbor, Batman suspects that Dr. Kirk Langstrom is up to his old tricks, taking the Man-Bat formula again. Batman isn't the only one. Kirk's wife, Francine, is so distrustful of her husband that she decides to leave him. After further investigation, Batman discovers that this Man-Bat is not Kirk, but someone else, and thus he shames Francine's father into permanently destroying the formula. Note: Loosely based on "Man-Bat Over Vegas", originally presented in Detective Comics #429, by Frank Robbins. The setting has been shifted from Las Vegas to Gotham Harbor, and in keeping with the family-friendly rating of the television show, She-Bat is not a vampire in the adaptation. The final line of the episode, "the nightmare's finally over", is similar to one of the final lines from the original comic, "Now Fran's vampire nightmare is about over".
46	46	"Almost Got 'Im"	The Joker, Harley Quinn, Two-Face, Poison Ivy, Killer Croc and The Penguin	Eric Radomski	Paul Dini	November 10, 1992
The Joker, Killer Croc, the Penguin, Two-Face, and Poison Ivy all meet at a poker table, each telling a tale of times when they almost defeated Batman. At the same time, Harley Quinn is about to kill Catwoman after she rescued Batman from the Joker's electric chair. Notes: Influenced by a four-issue story arc in Batman (1977) #291-294, entitled "Where Were You on the Night Batman Was Killed?". In each of the four issues, one of Catwoman, Riddler, and The Joker all recount their claims to have killed the Batman. However, the plot for "Almost Got 'Im" is quite different (six stories in the show, and four completely different ones in the comic book), with only the Joker as an overlapping antagonist. Two-Face's strategy in "Almost Got 'Im" (strapping down Batman to a giant coin and flipping the coin in the air) was taken from the comic; World's Finest Comics #30, September 1947. In a back up tale both Batman and Robin were tied to a giant penny that was catapulted onto spikes by a lesser known villain the Penny Plunderer.
47	47	"Birds of a Feather"	The Penguin	Frank Paur	Story by: Chuck Menville Teleplay by: Brynne Stephens	February 8, 1993
Veronica Vreeland is looking for a way to create a splash with her next party, and arrives at the idea of having a former criminal in attendance — especially if there is one whose manners would create a stir. The Penguin, who has recently reformed, fits the bill perfectly. In the process of convincing the Penguin to come to her party, Veronica finds she likes the corpulent little guy. For his part, the Penguin begins to fall in love with her, until he overhears that he is merely being used...
48	48	"What Is Reality?"	The Riddler	Dick Sebast	Marty Isenberg and Robert N. Skir	November 24, 1992 (weekday) March 7, 1993 (primetime)
Seeking to prove once and for all that his is the superior mind, the Riddler lures Batman into a riddle-solving contest inside the virtual reality of a computer game in order to save Commissioner Gordon's life. In the course of solving the riddles and escaping the Riddler's traps, Batman learns that he is able to manipulate the virtual reality landscape much like the Riddler does.
49	49	"I Am the Night"	The Jazzman	Boyd Kirkland	Michael Reaves	November 9, 1992 (weekday) December 13, 1992 (primetime)
On the anniversary of the death of Bruce's parents, Batman accompanies Leslie Thompkins to Crime Alley to place roses on the spot where they were gunned down. Meanwhile, Commissioner Gordon is on stakeout to arrest Jimmy "The Jazzman" Peake during a drug smuggling ring. Batman had promised to be there, but arrives late to find a gun battle going on. He helps defeat the gangsters and arrest the Jazzman, but at a high cost—Gordon is severely wounded. The incident traumatizes Batman and he contemplates giving up his crime-fighting career, despite the Jazzman escaping prison to carry out his personal vendetta against Gordon (who had sent him to prison six years before).
50	50	"Off Balance"	Count Vertigo	Kevin Altieri	Len Wein	November 23, 1992
While following Count Vertigo's trail, Batman encounters Talia, daughter of the head of the Society of Shadows, who was sent by her father to prevent the capture of a sonic drill that the Count stole. But after his identity is mistakenly revealed to Talia, Batman remains off-balance as to where her true loyalties lie. Note: This episode is a direct adaptation of "Into the Den of the Death-Dealers" from Detective Comics #411, May 1971 by Denny O'Neil with art by Bob Brown. The story is famous for the first appearance of the character Talia al Ghul.
51	51	"The Man Who Killed Batman"	The Joker, Harley Quinn and Rupert Thorne	Bruce W. Timm	Paul Dini	February 1, 1993
When small-time gang member Sidney "The Squid" Debris (played by Matt Frewer) seemingly kills Batman by accident, he gets involved with gangs all over Gotham, as well as the Joker and Rupert Thorne, none of whom believe his story that everything that is happening is by preposterous happenstance.
52	52	"Mudslide"	Clayface	Eric Radomski	Story by: Alan Burnett Teleplay by: Steve Perry	September 15, 1993
Clayface is falling apart, literally. His clay-like body is disintegrating. Fortunately, a scientist he knew from his movie star days is working on a remedy. However, Hagen is forced to steal money to pay for the expensive components of the remedy. That is, until one of his targets is Wayne Biomedical Labs...
53	53	"Paging the Crime Doctor"	Rupert Thorne	Frank Paur	Story by: Mike W. Barr and Laren Bright Teleplay by: Randy Rogel & Martin Pasko	September 17, 1993
Dr. Matthew Thorne (played by Joseph Campanella), losing his medical license and forced into becoming the crime doctor by his younger brother, crime boss Rupert Thorne, must perform delicate surgery on Rupert. He can't do it alone, and kidnaps Dr. Leslie Thompkins to assist. Batman discovers Leslie's disappearance, and rushes to track her down - and has an additional interest in Matthew, because he was a medical school classmate of Bruce Wayne's father Thomas.
54	54	"Zatanna"	Montague Kane	Dick Sebast and Dan Riba	Paul Dini	January 2, 1993
When the glamorous magician Zatanna is framed for a robbery during her act, Batman swings to her defense. Zatanna is grateful, though a little puzzled, by the Dark Knight's commitment to prove her innocence, but the two heroes unite and use the skills her father, Zatara, taught them to expose and combat the culprit: an evil illusionist named Montague Kane.
55	55	"The Mechanic"	The Penguin	Kevin Altieri	Story by: Steve Perry and Laren Bright Teleplay by: Randy Rogel	January 24, 1993
Thanks to a freak accident during a high-speed chase, the Batmobile is virtually demolished. After Batman takes the car to his personal mechanic, Earl Cooper, the Penguin makes his move and tampers with the Batmobile, putting it under his control. Note: The Penguin's scheme in this episode was similarly featured in Batman Returns.
56	56	"Harley and Ivy"	The Joker, Harley Quinn and Poison Ivy	Boyd Kirkland	Paul Dini	January 18, 1993
When the Joker fires Harley, she tries going on a crime spree of her own, joining up with Poison Ivy, and the two become Gotham's Queens of Crime, much to the Joker's fury.
57	57	"Shadow of the Bat: Part 1"	Two-Face, Rupert Thorne and Gil Mason	Frank Paur	Brynne Stephens	September 13, 1993
When Commissioner Gordon is framed for taking bribes from Rupert Thorne, his daughter Barbara pleads with Batman to show up at a rally being put on in the commissioner's behalf. But when Batman disappears after finding the person behind the frame-up, Barbara takes the law into her own hands as Batgirl. Note: This episode marks the series' debut appearance of Barbara Gordon as Batgirl.
58	58	"Shadow of the Bat: Part 2"	Two-Face and Gil Mason	Frank Paur	Brynne Stephens	September 14, 1993
Robin discovers that Gil Mason is in league with the underworld and goes to investigate him. He encounters Batgirl along the way, and go their separate ways to stop Mason. They then meet again to learn that Gil is working with Two-Face to take out Gordon, and have Batman (as Matches Malone) captured.
59	59	"Blind as a Bat"	The Penguin	Dan Riba	Story by: Mike Underwood and Len Wein Teleplay by: Len Wein	February 22, 1993
The Penguin steals an experimental helicopter from an air show, causing an explosion that temporarily blinds Bruce Wayne. Batman knows he won't be able to wait until his vision returns to track the Penguin down.
60	60	"The Demon's Quest: Part 1"	Ra's al Ghul	Kevin Altieri	Dennis O'Neil	May 3, 1993
When Robin is mysteriously abducted from his college campus, Batman begins a fruitless search... until he is astounded by the sudden appearance in the Batcave of Ra's al Ghul. Ra's quickly reveals that his daughter, Talia, has been abducted under circumstances similar to Robin's, suggesting that the same people are responsible. So begins an uneasy truce between Batman and 'The Demon'. Note: A direct adaptation of "Daughter of the Demon" from Batman #232, June 1971, and "The Demon Lives Again" Batman #244, September 1972, both by Denny O'Neil and Neal Adams. Famous for introducing one of Batman's deadlier foes; Ra's al Ghul, father of Talia.
61	61	"The Demon's Quest: Part 2"	Ra's al Ghul	Kevin Altieri	Story by: Dennis O'Neil and Len Wein Teleplay by: Len Wein	May 4, 1993
After freeing Talia from her father's clutches and escaping from an avalanche, Batman and Robin follow the only clue they have – the word 'Orpheus'. After discovering that 'Orpheus' is Ra's private satellite that will orbit over the Sahara, the duo travel to the Demon's desert stronghold. There, Batman learns that the satellite is actually a weapon which will explosively destroy all the Lazarus Pits simultaneously throughout the world, destroying all the life that exists. Note: A direct adaptation of "Daughter of the Demon" from Batman #232, June 1971, and "The Demon Lives Again" Batman #244, September 1972, both by Denny O'Neil and Neal Adams.
62	62	"His Silicon Soul"	H.A.R.D.A.C. and Duplicate Batman	Boyd Kirkland	Marty Isenberg and Robert N. Skir	November 20, 1992
When a Batman impersonator appears in Gotham City, the real Batman deduces that Karl Rossum is somehow involved and confronts the inventor. The other Batman, a duplicate, then shows up and a battle between the two takes place. After the duplicate Batman escapes, it begins its campaign to recreate H.A.R.D.A.C.'s goals of a robotic society. Note: The anime series The Big O was partially inspired by this episode.
63	63	"Fire from Olympus"	Maxie Zeus	Dan Riba	Judith & Garfield Reeves-Stevens	May 24, 1993
Believing himself to be the reincarnation of Zeus, Maxie Zeus steals an experimental weapon that the government developed. The mad man desires to use the weapon against the people of Gotham City and Batman must put a stop to Maxie's mad plan against the city he loves.
64	64	"Read My Lips"	The Ventriloquist	Boyd Kirkland	Story by: Alan Burnett and Michael Reaves Teleplay by: Joe R. Lansdale	May 10, 1993
A brand-new gang has made its debut committing the slickest crimes ever, thanks to the gang leader, Scarface. It's up to Batman to stop Scarface and his "dummy", the Ventriloquist.
65	65	"The Worry Men"	The Mad Hatter	Frank Paur	Paul Dini	September 16, 1993
Wealthy socialite Veronica Vreeland returns from Central America, bringing tiny handmade dolls for all her friends. According to native legend, once placed under a pillow, the dolls do the sleeper's worrying for them. Unknown to Veronica or her guests, each of the dolls was made by the Mad Hatter, and contains a tiny microchip which plants hypnotic suggestions inside the sleepers' brains.
66	66	"Mask of the Phantasam"	The Joker & The Phantasm	Eric Radomski & Bruce Timm	Story by Alan Burnett, Screenplay by Alan Burnett, Paul Dini, Martin Pasko & Michael Reaves	December 17, 1993
A mysterious vigilante begins murdering Gotham's criminals. Due to the killer's resemblance to Batman, he becomes the primary suspect. Around the same time, an old love of Bruce Wayne's, Andrea Beaumont, returns to Gotham after having suddenly left Bruce ten years ago for reasons Bruce has yet to discover. While Bruce rekindles his relationship with Andrea, he must find a way to clear his name, catch the killer, and find out his connection to Andrea and to the Joker.

Season Two

Because of the success the show was enjoying, while the 65 episodes of the first season were still airing, the Fox network executives ordered a second season of 20 more episodes. The second season featured Robin more prominently and was titled The Adventures of Batman & Robin.

The network reduced the series to airing only weekly, Saturday mornings. Five of the 20 episodes initially aired in May 1994, then 10 more were broadcast in September–November 1994. Once these fifteen episodes had premiered (the final five were held back until September 1995), the weekday slot was restored to repeats of the entire run, with the first season's episodes given the second season's title, The Adventures of Batman & Robin, for all remaining airings on Fox and a few VHS releases.

These episodes and the last nine of the first season were released in the correct production order as part of the Batman: The Animated Series Volume Three DVD boxset.

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Villain(s)	Directed by	Written by	Original air date
67	1	"Sideshow"	Killer Croc	Boyd Kirkland	Story by: Michael Reaves Teleplay by: Michael Reaves and Brynne Stephens	May 3, 1994
En route to an upstate prison, Killer Croc escapes and leads Batman on a dangerous chase through the wilderness. After throwing Batman temporarily off his trail, the reptile-man takes refuge with a group of retired circus freaks, and convinces them to help him. When Batman arrives, Croc and the freaks band together to capture him. Note: Loosely based on "A Vow From the Grave" by Denny O'Neil. This episode adapted the comic book story with the inclusion of a separate Killer Croc story.
68	2	"A Bullet for Bullock"	Vinnie the Shark, Nivens	Frank Paur	Michael Reaves	September 14, 1995
Someone has put a hit out on Gotham's toughest cop, Harvey Bullock. After surviving several near misses, Bullock realizes he has no choice but to ask his arch-rival Batman to help him discover who is behind the murder attempts. During their investigation, Bullock learns that his gruff and mean-spirited manner has created enemies in the unlikeliest of people. Notes: Based on the comic of the same name from Detective Comics #651, October 1992, by Chuck Dixon. This episode won the 1996 Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Music Direction and Composition.
69	3	"Trial"	The Joker, Harley Quinn, Killer Croc, The Mad Hatter, Poison Ivy, The Riddler, The Scarecrow, Two-Face and The Ventriloquist	Dan Riba	Story by: Paul Dini and Bruce W. Timm Teleplay by: Paul Dini	May 16, 1994
Gotham's new DA, Janet Van Dorn, is out to capture Batman, but both she and him end up captured by a gang of criminals instead. They are soon put on a kangaroo trial by the Joker (the judge), Two-Face (the prosecutor), the Ventriloquist (the bailiff), Poison Ivy, Harley Quinn, the Mad Hatter, Killer Croc, the Scarecrow, the Riddler, and other criminals. If the defense (Batman and the D.A.) can prove that Batman is not the cause for everyone's turn to crime, they will be set free. When the jury gives the verdict of 'not guilty', the villains have little intention of following through on their deal. Notes: Henry Polic II, the Scarecrow's voice actor, was recuperating from throat surgery during the episode's production, so his character has no dialogue in it. Also, Van Dorn mentions in this episode that Harley Quinn was once a doctor at Arkham before the Joker corrupted her mind; backstory which is later shown in The New Batman Adventures episode "Mad Love".
70	4	"Avatar"	Ra's al Ghul	Kevin Altieri	Michael Reaves	May 9, 1994
A mystic Egyptian scroll donated to the Gotham museum by Bruce Wayne is stolen by Ra's al Ghul, and Batman and Talia must join forces to prevent the power-mad Ra's from unlocking the scroll's secrets of life and death. Their quest takes them to a hidden temple deep beneath the Egyptian desert. There, the Dark Knight is forced into a terrifying battle with an ancient Egyptian sorceress.
71	5	"House & Garden"	Poison Ivy	Boyd Kirkland	Paul Dini	May 2, 1994
Not only has Poison Ivy been released from Arkham Asylum, but she's also married to her doctor and settled down to help him raise his two sons. It would appear that Ivy has gone straight and that her old days as a criminal are over. But wealthy bachelors are being struck down by an unknown toxin, leaving Batman to question Ivy's innocence.
72	6	"The Terrible Trio"	The Terrible Trio	Frank Paur	Story by: Alan Burnett and Michael Reaves Teleplay by: Michael Reaves	September 11, 1995
Three wealthy, bored friends of Bruce Wayne decide to seek new thrills by becoming master criminals. As the Fox, the Shark and the Vulture (masters of land, sea and air), the Terrible Trio pick Gotham clean, until they encounter one person who cannot be bought off — Batman.
73	7	"Harlequinade"	The Joker & Harley Quinn	Kevin Altieri	Paul Dini	May 23, 1994
The Joker steals an atomic bomb, and it is up to Batman and Robin to find and stop him. Since there is no time to spare, the duo enlist the help of Harley Quinn to track Joker down. Throughout the episode, it is briefly discussed how Harley met Joker.
74	8	"Time Out of Joint"	Clock King	Dan Riba	Story by: Alan Burnett Teleplay by: Steve Perry	October 8, 1994
The Clock King returns to continue his vendetta against Mayor Hill. This time, the time-obsessed criminal hopes to murder Hill with the help of a stolen invention that allows him to warp time and travel at super-speed. Securing another device from its creator, Batman and Robin take on the Clock King in a furious high-speed battle for the mayor's life.
75	9	"Catwalk"	Catwoman & The Ventriloquist	Boyd Kirkland	Paul Dini	September 13, 1995
Anxious to take up her old ways as Catwoman, Selina Kyle joins forces with the Ventriloquist to humiliate socialite Veronica Vreeland. But the real victim is Catwoman herself, who has been secretly set up by Scarface to take the fall for another robbery. Batman has to intercede before the furious feline makes things worse by killing the double-talking Ventriloquist.
76	10	"Bane"	Bane, Killer Croc & Rupert Thorne	Kevin Altieri	Mitch Brian	September 10, 1994
Batman comes face-to-face with his most powerful adversary yet, the chemically-enhanced assassin Bane. Originally hired by Rupert Thorne to kill Batman, Bane plans on taking control of Thorne's criminal empire once Batman is destroyed. It is a fight to the death with all of Gotham in the balance, as Batman takes on the man who has vowed to break the Bat.
77	11	"Baby-Doll"	Baby-Doll	Dan Riba	Paul Dini	October 1, 1994
A washed-up actress named Mary Dahl has become bitter and insane after falling into obscurity and suffering from a disorder that prevents her body from growing to adulthood, thus biologically cursed with literal eternal youth. She kidnaps her TV family, who all led much happier lives and more successful careers than her, and holds them prisoner on the abandoned soundstage of her old show While Robin works fast to free the actors from Baby-Doll's explosive death-trap, Batman pursues the tiny fiend through a deadly carnival funhouse.
78	12	"The Lion and the Unicorn"	Red Claw	Boyd Kirkland	Diane Duane, Peter Morwood and Steve Perry	September 15, 1995
The Red Claw organization kidnaps Alfred, seeking a code they need to arm a weapon of mass destruction that Alfred knows from his days as a British secret agent.
79	13	"Showdown"	Ra's al Ghul	Kevin Altieri	Story by: Kevin Altieri, Paul Dini and Bruce W. Timm Teleplay by: Joe R. Lansdale	September 12, 1995
Ra's al Ghul narrates a story from his past in which Jonah Hex stops his plan to destroy the transcontinental railroad being completed in 1883, by using a war blimp.
80	14	"Riddler's Reform"	The Riddler	Dan Riba	Story by: Alan Burnett, Paul Dini and Randy Rogel Teleplay by: Randy Rogel	September 24, 1994
The Riddler is hired to work for a toy company, vowing to turn over a new leaf. But Batman refuses to believe he has changed, and he suspects that the Riddler is still obsessed with outsmarting and defeating him. Now, the Dark Knight must prove that Riddler is still a criminal at heart and send him back to Arkham.
81	15	"Second Chance"	Two-Face, The Penguin & Rupert Thorne	Boyd Kirkland	Story by: Paul Dini and Michael Reaves Teleplay by: Gerry Conway	September 17, 1994
Just before he is to undergo the operation that will restore his sanity, Harvey Dent is kidnapped by a mysterious villain. Batman and Robin split up to nab the criminal behind the scheme to abduct the Dark Knight's old friend. They suspect that either the Penguin or Rupert Thorne may be behind the kidnapping.
82	16	"Harley's Holiday"	Harley Quinn & Boxy Bennett	Kevin Altieri	Paul Dini	October 15, 1994
Harley Quinn is released back into society, after being declared sane at Arkham Asylum. A misunderstanding at a clothing store, however, causes a snowball of comedic chaos to build around her.
83	17	"Lock-Up"	Lock-Up	Dan Riba	Story by: Paul Dini Teleplay by: Marty Isenberg and Robert N. Skir	November 19, 1994
Lyle Bolton, the new head of security at Arkham, is fired for his atrocious mistreatment of the inmates. Six months later, Bolton becomes the vigilante Lock-Up, and decides to put who he feels responsible for the ruin of the city behind bars. It's up to Batman and Robin to save his victims.
84	18	"Make 'Em Laugh"	The Joker, Condiment King, Pack Rat, Mighty Mom & Mad Hatter	Boyd Kirkland	Paul Dini and Randy Rogel	November 5, 1994
Using microchips stolen from the Mad Hatter, the Joker brainwashes famous comedians into committing crazy crimes in order to ruin their reputations. As it turns out, the comedians are the judges who tossed the Joker out of the Gotham Comedy Competition the year before. Now, the Clown Prince of Crime wants to seek his revenge, and Batman and Robin must foil the Joker's plot.
85	19	"Batgirl Returns"	Catwoman & Roland Daggett	Dan Riba	Michael Reaves and Brynne Stephens	November 12, 1994
While Bruce is in Europe on a Wayne Enterprises business trip, the theft of a jade cat statue occurs at Gotham State University. Barbara Gordon again becomes Batgirl to investigate, only to run into Catwoman, who is also investigating, pointing out that the acid residue used to destroy the security system is not her style. The two team up to find the statue, with Robin tailing them, and things go from bad to worse when Roland Daggett is revealed to be involved.

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