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The Best Episodes of Batman Season 1

Every episode of Batman Season 1 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of Batman Season 1!

The Best Episodes of Batman Season 1

Wealthy entrepreneur Bruce Wayne and his ward Dick Grayson lead a double life: they are actually crime fighting duo Batman and Robin. A secret Batpole...

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  1. 8.1/10(645 votes)

    #1 - The Purr-Fect Crime

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    S1:E19

    Catwoman initiates a series of thefts that cause Commissioner Gordon to summon Batman and Robin. But the importance of the crimes go beyond the taking of the objects involved. The Dynamic Duo eventually find Catwoman's lair. But Robin is whisked away while Batman is given a choice between two doors. If he picks the right door, he'll find Catwoman. If he picks the wrong one, he'll face certain doom. The hero makes the wrong selection and is about to be attacked by a tiger.

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  2. 8.0/10(607 votes)

    #2 - Better Luck Next Time

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    S1:E20

    Batman evades the attacking tiger thanks to his utility belt. First, he scales the wall. Then, he uses a sonic device "to split the tiger's skull," as narrator William Dozier informs us. The hero still has to free Robin, who is facing a separate death trap. Once that task is completed, the Dynamic Duo are back on Catwoman's trail. It turns out the feline villain is after the lost treasure of Captain Manx, which is in a remote spot outside of Gotham City.

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  3. 7.9/10(533 votes)

    #3 - The Bookworm Turns

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    S1:E29

    Commissioner Gordon appears to have been assassinated during the opening of a new bridge. A copy of Hemingway's 'For Whom The Bell Tolls' nearly blows up the Batmobile. Both incidents are clues to the Bookworm's latest scheme. Batman and Robin interrogate The Bookworm's henchwoman Miss Limpet but deduce she is leading them into a trap. And while Batman intends to walk right into it, it is Robin who falls first.

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  4. 7.7/10(1.2k votes)

    #4 - Hi Diddle Riddle

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    S1:E1

    While the Riddler maneuvers Batman into being sued, the Dynamic Duo investigate the supervillain's concurrent scheme.

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  5. 7.7/10(613 votes)

    #5 - The Joker Goes to School

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    S1:E15

    At Woodrow Roosevelt High School, a vending machine gives out money. Dick Grayson is there to witness it. Batman learns the vending machines are operated by a company bought by the Joker after being released from prison. The Joker and his gang are aided by Susie, a cheerleader at the school. In the course of their investigation, Batman and Robin are captured and placed in electric chairs. If a "one armed bandit" comes up the wrong way, they'll be electrocuted.

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  6. 7.7/10(599 votes)

    #6 - True or False-Face

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    S1:E17

    False Face traps Batman and Robin, and binding them to a subway track just minutes before a train is scheduled to come by.

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  8. 7.7/10(536 votes)

    #7 - The Penguin Goes Straight

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    S1:E21

    After his recent release from jail, The Penguin has started his own protective agency and is thwarting small time hoodlums everywhere he goes. Batman & Robin decide to send in an undercover Alfred to spy on the newly reformed Penguin and his recently acquainted high society friends. However, the Penguin has anticipated Batman and Robin's every move and manages to give them a makeover into wanted men instead of him.

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  9. 7.7/10(508 votes)

    #8 - While Gotham City Burns

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    S1:E30

    Batman saves Robin from the Wayne Memorial Clock Tower at the last possible Big Benjamin second. While they are busy in the Batcave, The Bookworm steals a priceless cookbook from stately Wayne Manor. He then lures the Dynamic Duo into an oversized cookbook on display in the middle of Gotham city and steals the Batmobile. Can Batman and Robin escape before their goose is cooked?

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  10. 7.7/10(501 votes)

    #9 - Death in Slow Motion

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    S1:E31

    Charlie Chaplin and the Keystone Kops raid the till at the newly opened Gotham movie theater. The culprits turn out to be 'The Riddler' and his gang in disguise. They lead the Dynamic Duo on a crime spree chase from Mother Gatham's Bakery, past the Gotham Library, and into a Temperance Party. At each of these events, the villains are accompanied by German film maker Van Bloheim who captures everything on celluloid.

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  11. 7.7/10(492 votes)

    #10 - The Riddler's False Notion

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    S1:E32

    Robin has been captured by 'The Riddler', leaving Batman fearing his own reaction. Therefore he asks Commissioner Gordon to accompany him to the Bat-cave to witness his interrogation of Pauline, The Riddler's moll. All clues eventually lead back to the priceless silent film collection of Mr. Van Jones, to which The Riddler is about to add his own silent masterpiece.

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  12. 7.6/10(957 votes)

    #11 - Smack in the Middle

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    S1:E2

    The Riddler fashions a mold of the face of the unconscious Robin. He contacts Batman with two more riddles. The Riddler tells Batman if he can solve the riddles, he'll know where Robin is.

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  13. 7.6/10(759 votes)

    #12 - The Joker Is Wild

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    S1:E5

    The Joker decides to fight fire with fire against Batman with a utility belt of his own.

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    Director:Don Weis
  14. 7.6/10(720 votes)

    #13 - Batman is Riled

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    S1:E6

    Batman avoids a public unmasking but is unable to bring in the Joker, thanks to the villain's utility belt. Eventually, Batman and Robin are captured by the Joker's gang. But the Joker doesn't know a showdown with the Dynamic Duo awaits.

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    Director:Don Weis
  15. 7.6/10(584 votes)

    #14 - When the Rat's Away the Mice Will Play

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    S1:E12

    Batman manages to escape the Riddler's death trap. He and Robin decide to lay low until they can figure out the Riddler's caper. Meanwhile, the Riddler frees King Boris, who brings a gift to a major monument in Gotham City. It turns out the Riddler has substituted a bomb for King Boris's gift and he is demanding a ransom. The Riddler, though, overplays his hand, enabling Batman and Robin to capture the Riddler and his gang.

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    Director:Tom Gries
  16. 7.6/10(578 votes)

    #15 - He Meets His Match, The Grisly Ghoul

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    S1:E16

    A power failure prevents Batman and Robin from being electrocuted. Meanwhile, a recording Batman made confirms that cheerleader Susie is one of the Joker's confederates. Robin, in his Dick Grayson identity, attempts to infiltrate the gang. Meanwhile, the Joker's main plot is finally revealed. Members of the high school basketball team receive answers to final exams from the rigged vending machines. The Joker appears, claiming to be a concerned citizen. The team's starters will be suspended as the Joker bets big money on the team's next opponent. Batman, however, has other ideas.

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  17. 7.6/10(578 votes)

    #16 - Holy Rat Race

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    S1:E18

    Alfred contacts Batman by radio from the Batcave. Batman instructs the butler to short circuit a communications device the hero has on his wrist. This enable Batman to get free of his bonds. He and Robin get free just before they would be run over by a subway train. The Dynamic Duo resume their pursuit of False Face, which ends up at an old movie studio.

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  18. 7.6/10(514 votes)

    #17 - Not Yet, He Ain't

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    S1:E22

    Already wanted for a robbery they didn't commit, Batman and Robin fake their own deaths with a little help from Commissioner Gordon and Chief O'Hara. They even allow the Penguin to take hold of the Batmobile, now renamed 'Birdmobile' in order to keep track on them via a hidden camera.

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  19. 7.6/10(470 votes)

    #18 - Fine Finny Fiends

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    S1:E33

    Alfred is kidnapped by the Penguin ans his finny fiends while buying caviar for the Multimillionaires Annual Award Dinner. Although the loyal butler does not know the secret location where the dinner is to be held, Penguin brainwashes the man-servant as part of his diabolical scheme. Batman and Robin track down the Penguin's hideout on a fishing pier owned by 'Knott A. Fish', only to walk into a trap.

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    Director:Tom Gries
  20. 7.5/10(791 votes)

    #19 - Fine Feathered Finks

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    S1:E3

    The Penguin plots to manipulate Batman into inadvertently devising capers for him.

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  21. 7.5/10(766 votes)

    #20 - The Penguin's a Jinx

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    S1:E4

    Bruce Wayne escapes the Penguin's deathtrap and returns to the Batcave. What he doesn't know is that one of the Penguin's clues, an umbrella, has a listening device.

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  22. 7.5/10(591 votes)

    #21 - A Riddle a Day Keeps the Riddler Away

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    S1:E11

    King Boris, who hails from a European country, comes to Gotham City for a visit. Upon his arrival, there is a disturbance, which includes a clue from the Riddler. Batman and Robin investigate and get on the Riddler's trail. They are trapped by the criminal, who ties them to large wheels that will spin with ever-increasing speed until they are dead.

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    Director:Tom Gries
  23. 7.5/10(510 votes)

    #22 - The Ring of Wax

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    S1:E23

    The Riddler's latest scheme involves stealing a wax figure to melt down for its wax that is powerfully corrosive when exposed to direct flame.

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  24. 7.5/10(498 votes)

    #23 - Give 'em the Axe

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    S1:E24

    Taking advantage of the Riddler's mistaken belief that they were killed escaping his deathtrap, the Dynamic Duo must stop the villain from stealing a treasure of Incan jewels that would mean destroying an archaeological treasure as well.

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  25. 7.5/10(496 votes)

    #24 - The Joker Trumps an Ace

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    S1:E25

    The Joker launches a new crime wave with robberies that appear to make no sense, such as stealing hairpins from rich women and a hole from a golf course. But the Joker knows exactly what he's doing. Batman and Robin are in pursuit and eventually invade the villain's headquarters. The heroes are placed in a chamber and are told if they can float for an hour, they'll go free. The Joker then begins to flood the chamber with poison gas. The Joker says the Dynamic Duo may not be able to swim in the gas "but you can drown in it!"

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  26. 7.5/10(496 votes)

    #25 - Batman Sets the Pace

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    S1:E26

    After an ingenious escape, Batman and Robin again pick up the trail of the Joker. The villain's ultimate crime is designed not only to make him rich but to ruin Batman's reputation.

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Season 1 Ratings Summary

"The Purr-Fect Crime" is the best rated episode of "Batman" season 1. It scored 8.1/10 based on 645 votes. Directed by James Sheldon and written by Stanley Ralph Ross, it aired on 3/16/1966. This episode is rated 0.1 points higher than the second-best, "Better Luck Next Time".