The Worst Episodes of Batman: The Animated Series

After the Penguin sprays Batman with nerve gas, a 12-year-old boy rescues the unconscious hero and hides him in his basement.

Director: Frank Paur

Writer: Sam Graham, Chris Hubbell

Believing he's the reincarnation of Zeus, a mad shipping magnate mounts a stolen electron cannon atop his penthouse to shoot 'lightning bolts' at the 'wicked mortals' below.

Director: Dan Riba

Writer: Garfield Reeves-Stevens, Judith Reeves-Stevens

Bruce begins to worry when all of his wealthy friends join the same Brotherhood group run by Nostromos, a so-called psychic.

Director: Frank Paur

Writer: N/A

Batman discovers a gang of forgotten runaways living deep within the Gotham sewer system.

Director: Frank Paur

Writer: N/A

Professor Milo tries to use an old friend of Bruce Wayne's, Anthony Romulus, to destroy him after Milo injects Romulus with a serum that changes him into a wolf.

Director: Dick Sebast

Writer: Len Wein

Batman tracks three wealthy playboys who commit crimes out of boredom.

Director: Frank Paur

Writer: N/A

When a genetic engineer produces a man-cat hybrid, he kidnaps Selina Kyle to provide his creation with a mate.

Director: Frank Paur

Writer: N/A

Selina Kyle uncovers a plot to infect stray animals with a deadly disease that will be transmitted to the human population.

Director: Boyd Kirkland

Writer: N/A

Wealthy socialite Veronica Vreeland returns from Central America bringing tiny handmade dolls for all her friends--but the dolls are controlled by the Mad Hatter!

Director: Frank Paur

Writer: Paul Dini

Alfred, a former British spy, is called into duty and becomes of the target of the Red Claw.

Director: Boyd Kirkland

Writer: Diane Duane, Steve Perry, Peter Morwood

Alfred and his friend, Maggie Paige, visit a health spa that is actually run by the nefarious Poison Ivy.

Director: Kevin Altieri

Writer: Beth Bornstein

When men begin disappearing at a bowery, Bruce Wayne decides to go undercover as a worker. He loses his memory after he is attacked, kidnapped and forced to work in a mining camp.

Director: Boyd Kirkland

Writer: Jules Dennis, Richard Mueller, Sean Catherine Derek

When a man-sized bat ransacks Gotham harbor, Batman suspects that Dr. Kirk Langstrom is drinking his Man-Bat formula again.

Director: Boyd Kirkland

Writer: N/A

Bruce Wayne is temporarily blinded when the Penguin steals a new police helicopter with weaponry developed by WayneTech.

Director: Dan Riba

Writer: N/A

When Robin is mysteriously abducted, Batman's search leads him to meet Ra's Al Ghul, leader of The Society of Shadows, whose daughter, Talia, has also been kidnapped.

Director: Kevin Altieri

Writer: Dennis O'Neil

Batman discovers Ra's Al Ghul's plan to flood Earth with chemicals and return it to a lush, green planet--which will destroy all life that now exists!

Director: Kevin Altieri

Writer: N/A

The Joker infiltrates the birthday party of Mayor Hill's son in order to plant a bomb.

Director: Frank Paur

Writer: Steve Hayes, Ted Pedersen

Bullock's account of a botched sting operation is so at odds with the other officers' testimony that the police investigator suspends everyone involved.

Director: Kevin Altieri

Writer: N/A

When Wayne Enterprises is robbed by a mysterious figure known as the Ninja, Batman and Robin discover that the Ninja is an old nemesis of Bruce Wayne.

Director: Kevin Altieri

Writer: Steve Perry

While engaged in a high-speed chase, the Penguin's gang escapes and the Batmobile is virtually demolished.

Director: Kevin Altieri

Writer: N/A

Crime boss Rupert Thorne forces his older brother, a doctor, to perform delicate surgery on Rupert--and kidnaps Dr. Leslie Thompkins to assist.

Director: Frank Paur

Writer: N/A

Ra's Al Ghul steals a sacred Egyptian scroll that Bruce Wayne donated to the Gotham museum.

Director: Kevin Altieri

Writer: Michael Reaves

The Clock King plots against Mayor Hill after he steals an invention that allows him to travel at super speed.

Director: Dan Riba

Writer: N/A

Batman and Robin investigate a string of crimes committed by a group of famous comedians brainwashed by the Joker.

Director: Boyd Kirkland

Writer: Paul Dini, Randy Rogel

Lyle Bolton Arkam's former chief of security becomes the vigilante Lock-up and kidnaps Commissioner Gordon and Mayor Hill seeing them as the cause of rampant crime in Gotham City.

Director: Dan Riba

Writer: N/A