The Best Episodes of Batman: The Animated Series Season 1

While hiding from the police, Batman's deadliest enemies exchange stories about their mutual nemesis--Batman.

Director: Eric Radomski

Writer: Paul Dini

District Attorney Harvey Dent hides a deep dark secret--he has a second personality, Big Bad Harv, a tough gangster.

Director: Kevin Altieri

Writer: N/A

Brilliant cryogenics expert Dr. Victor Fries is transformed into Mr. Freeze, a vengeful creature who can only survive in subzero temperatures.

Director: Bruce Timm

Writer: Paul Dini

Two-Face, the former Harvey Dent, begins an aggressive campaign against his hated rival, Rupert Thorne.

Director: Kevin Altieri

Writer: Randy Rogel

Bruce Wayne wakes up to find that his parents are not dead, he is not Batman, and he's engaged to Selina Kyle!

Director: Boyd Kirkland

Writer: N/A

Batman connects recent bombings in Gotham to an episode of an old television series featuring his favorite boyhood hero, the 'Gray Ghost.'

Director: Boyd Kirkland

Writer: N/A

Sidney Debris, a small-time mobster, earns the hatred of all of Batman's enemies when he claims to have accidentally killed Batman during a brawl.

Director: Bruce Timm

Writer: Paul Dini

Clayface learns that the man responsible for his disfigurement is to appear on TV, promoting a skin conditioner containing the same chemical that deformed him.

Director: Kevin Altieri

Writer: N/A

The Joker becomes enraged when the Gotham copyright office rejects his demand for a copyright for his grinning Joker fish.

Director: Bruce Timm

Writer: Paul Dini

Harley Quinn has broken off with the Joker and teams up with Poison Ivy. Together they wreck havoc on Gotham and now Joker wants a piece of the action.

Director: Boyd Kirkland

Writer: Paul Dini

When a timid accountant accidentally runs afoul of the Joker, he promises the Joker anything if the villain will only let him go.

Director: Boyd Kirkland

Writer: Paul Dini

On the anniversary of the death of Bruce's parents, Batman expresses doubts about whether or not he should continue his one-man war against crime.

Director: Boyd Kirkland

Writer: Michael Reaves

A popular actor renowned for his ability to play any part has a terrible secret--he's addicted to a strange chemical formula that enables him to alter his facial features without makeup.

Director: Dick Sebast

Writer: N/A

Batman must thwart the Scarecrow's plan to poison Gotham's water supply with a chemical that induces hallucinations.

Director: Dick Sebast

Writer: Garfield Reeves-Stevens, Judith Reeves-Stevens

When Edward Nygma's greedy boss unjustly fires genius him, Nygma seeks revenge in a new guise--as the Riddler!

Director: Eric Radomski

Writer: David Wise

Dr. Hugo Strange's invention, a machine that reads people's thoughts, leads him to discover that Bruce is Batman.

Director: Frank Paur

Writer: N/A

When a billionaire builds a casino called the Joker's Wild, the Joker breaks out of Arkham Asylum to destroy it.

Director: Boyd Kirkland

Writer: Paul Dini

A confused robot that believes he is Batman causes problems for the real Dark Knight.

Director: Boyd Kirkland

Writer: Robert N. Skir, Marty Isenberg

Despite Batman's orders not to, Robin pursues Tony Zucco, the criminal who was responsible for the death of Robin's parents.

Director: Dick Sebast

Writer: Randy Rogel

After learning the name of an extortion ringleader, Batman mysteriously refuses to let Robin continue the investigation with him.

Director: Dick Sebast

Writer: Randy Rogel

A horrifying villain named Scarecrow spreads fear gas and wreaks havoc at Gotham State University.

Director: Boyd Kirkland

Writer: Sean Catherine Derek, Henry Gilroy

The Mad Hatter puts the city of Gotham under his control in an attempt to impress a woman, Alice, with whom he is in love.

Director: Frank Paur

Writer: Paul Dini

When District Attorney Harvey Dent is poisoned after a dinner date, Batman makes the horrifying discovery that his date was Poison Ivy, a plant-obsessed villainess.

Director: Boyd Kirkland

Writer: N/A

The Joker kidnaps three prominent citizens during Christmas and challenges Batman to find him before midnight.

Director: Kent Butterworth

Writer: Eddie Gorodetsky

Batman escapes from being attacked by his own Batcomputer, which was sabatoged by HARDAC. He now seeks to get back Gordon, Hill and Bullock, who have all been replaced with robots.

Director: Kevin Altieri

Writer: Brynne Stephens