The Worst Episodes of Batman

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5.7/10(522 votes)
#1 - Nora Clavicle and the Ladies' Crime Club
S3:E191/18/1968
Nora Clavicle, a women's rights activist, uses her influence to have Commissioner Gordon, Chief O'Hara, and the whole police force fired and replaced with women. She cuts ties with Batman and Robin, then launches her plan to blow up Gotham City with explosive-packed mice and collect on the insurance. The Terrific Trio look for a way to neutralize her mechanical hordes before it's too late.
Director:Oscar Rudolph
Writer:Stanford Sherman
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Director:Oscar Rudolph
Writer:Stanford Sherman
6.5/10(395 votes)
#2 - Louie's Lethal Lilac Time
S3:E181/11/1968
Louie the Lilac is in town, planning to corner the lilac perfume market in Gotham City. His concoction requires the glands of several animals, so he kidnaps Bruce Wayne and Dick Grayson to make the extractions. With "Batman and Robin" unable to respond, Batgirl attempts a rescue, only to be captured herself. The trio rely on their wits (and the latest bat-invention) to attempt an escape.
Director:Sam Strangis
Writer:Charles Hoffman
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Director:Sam Strangis
Writer:Charles Hoffman
6.7/10(534 votes)
#3 - Shoot a Crooked Arrow
S2:E19/7/1966
Archer and his gang have come to Gotham City, winning the public's favor with their Robin Hood style deeds of stealing from the rich to give to the poor. Batman and Robin set out to discover the location of their hideout and stop these villains, only to find themselves caught by a trap in the Archer's lair.
Director:Sherman Marks
Writer:Stanley Ralph Ross
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Director:Sherman Marks
Writer:Stanley Ralph Ross
6.8/10(518 votes)
#4 - Walk the Straight and Narrow
S2:E29/8/1966
Batman and Robin escape their previous peril and are back in action seeking to foil the Archer and his gang. After pulling off a counterfeit job, the villains head for their boat, planning to take their loot safely to Switzerland. The Dynamic Duo set off in the Bat boat to try to stop their escape.
Director:Sherman Marks
Writer:Stanley Ralph Ross
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Director:Sherman Marks
Writer:Stanley Ralph Ross
6.8/10(435 votes)
#5 - The Puzzles Are Coming
S2:E3112/21/1966
The Puzzler, a villain with a fondness for both Shakespeare and aviation, indicates he is after the fortunes of Artemus Knab. He convinces the billionaire to invest in his puzzle balloon business, but when the Dynamic Duo find that Knab seems too intelligent to fall for a phony scheme, they look deeper for the criminal's true intentions. Their search leads them to Knab's airplane monopoly, but unknown to them, the Puzzler has plans to halt their investigation - permanently.
Director:Jeffrey Hayden
Writer:Fred De Gorter
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Director:Jeffrey Hayden
Writer:Fred De Gorter
6.8/10(431 votes)
#6 - Louie the Lilac
S3:E710/26/1967
Louie the Lilac has cornered the flower market in Gotham City, hoping to gain control over the entire "flower generation." He kidnaps the organizer of their planned flower-in, Princess Primrose, and brainwashes her with his Stupefying Aromatic Spray. Batman and Robin follow a clue to the villain's lair only to be captured by Louie and fed to his giant man-eating lilacs. With the Caped Crusaders out of the way, Louie heads back to the flower-in to continue his evil plan. Alfred, meanwhile, has been alerted to Batman and Robin's situation, and goes looking for Batgirl to aid in the fight.
Director:George Waggner
Writer:Dwight Taylor
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Director:George Waggner
Writer:Dwight Taylor

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6.8/10(422 votes)
#7 - The Duo Is Slumming
S2:E3212/22/1966
The Puzzler continues with his plan to hijack Artemus Knab's new airplane, the Retsoor, all the while leaving puzzles behind for Batman and Robin to ponder. He familiarizes himself with the jet's designs, then prepares to fly his prize to a foreign country where he will hold it for ransom. But the Dynamic Duo have an easier time with his clues than he expected, resulting in a climactic confrontation at the airplane hanger.
Director:Jeffrey Hayden
Writer:Fred De Gorter
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Director:Jeffrey Hayden
Writer:Fred De Gorter
6.8/10(422 votes)
#8 - The Sport of Penguins
S3:E410/5/1967
The Penguin teams up with parasol collector Lola Lasagne. Together, they plan to rig the upcoming Bruce Wayne Handicap to make a fortune from Lola's prize racehorse Parasol. They break into Glu Gluten's Glue Factory to steal a condemned horse, planning to switch horses before the race and make their money by betting on the real Parasol. When Batman, Robin, and Batgirl catch up with them at the glue factory, Penguin sneaks outside and plasters the Batmobile with a sticky glue.
Director:Sam Strangis
Writer:Charles Hoffman
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Director:Sam Strangis
Writer:Charles Hoffman
6.9/10(411 votes)
#9 - The Bloody Tower
S3:E1312/7/1967
Batman, ably assisted as always by Alfred, saves Robin from being crushed by a winch at the Tower of Londinium. He also rescues Batgirl from the dungeon at Ffog Place. But Robin gets stung by an African Death Bee as Lord Ffogg and Lady Peasoup get ready to steal the crown jewels at the Bloody Tower.
Director:Oscar Rudolph
Writer:Unknown
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Director:Oscar Rudolph
Writer:Unknown
6.9/10(405 votes)
#10 - Caught in the Spider's Den
S2:E563/16/1967
The Black Widow adjusts her cerebrum short-circuiting device to successfully alter Batman's brain. With Batman powerless to resist, and Robin captured, she disguises herself as the Boy Wonder and brings along a dummy Batman to rob another bank. Commissioner Gordon initially believes Batman is setting a trap for the villainess. But when word comes of the successful robbery, the commissioner puts out an all-points bulletin to bring in the Caped Crusaders dead or alive.
Director:Oscar Rudolph
Writer:Robert Mintz
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Director:Oscar Rudolph
Writer:Robert Mintz
6.9/10(405 votes)
#11 - How to Hatch a Dinosaur
S3:E911/9/1967
Egghead and Olga, Queen of the Cossacks, steal two pounds of Radium from the Gotham City Radium Center. Using it in their "Zapping Machine," they attempt to hatch an ancient Neosaurus egg, planning to feed the baby dinosaur a meal of Batman, Robin, and Batgirl. Surprisingly, the machine seems to be working. But when the egg cracks, the baby Neosaurus is more than they can handle.
Director:Oscar Rudolph
Writer:Stanford Sherman
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Director:Oscar Rudolph
Writer:Stanford Sherman
6.9/10(405 votes)
#12 - Minerva, Mayhem and Millionaires
S3:E263/14/1968
Minerva has been using her "Deepest Secret Extractor," disguised as a piece of equipment at her mineral spa, to discover where her wealthiest customers hide their valuables. With this info in hand, Minerva has been able to pull off a string of robberies with ease. When Batman and Robin's investigation is cut short by the villainess, butler Alfred goes undercover to help foil her criminal operations.
Director:Oscar Rudolph
Writer:Charles Hoffman
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Director:Oscar Rudolph
Writer:Charles Hoffman
6.9/10(395 votes)
#13 - The Ogg Couple
S3:E1512/21/1967
Egghead and Olga, Queen of the Cossacks, kick off their return with several thefts from the Gotham City Museum. Egghead begins planning a series of heists - intended to provide him with the dowry needed to marry Olga. Swiping 500 pounds of dehydrated caviar goes off without a hitch. But when Batgirl attempts to outfox Egghead, she is instead captured by the villain. It's up to Batman and Robin to find the villains' hideout before Olga's Cossacks make mincemeat out of their crime fighting friend.
Director:Oscar Rudolph
Writer:Stanford Sherman
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Director:Oscar Rudolph
Writer:Stanford Sherman
7.0/10(715 votes)
#14 - Zelda the Great
S1:E92/9/1966
The Dynamic Duo arrange a trap for an elusive annual bank robber, but the female magician they are hunting is on to them with a new scheme of her own.
Director:Norman Foster
Writer:Lorenzo Semple Jr.
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Director:Norman Foster
Writer:Lorenzo Semple Jr.
7.0/10(692 votes)
#15 - A Death Worse Than Fate
S1:E102/10/1966
Told that her loot is genuine money after all, Zelda is forced to lure Batman and Robin into a possibly unsolvable deathtrap, with hitmen waiting outside to shoot them if they escape.
Director:Norman Foster
Writer:Lorenzo Semple Jr.
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Director:Norman Foster
Writer:Lorenzo Semple Jr.
7.0/10(451 votes)
#16 - It's How You Play the Game
S2:E2612/1/1966
With his special truck finished, Shame goes to work on his final caper - the theft of four prize cattle worth over one million dollars. Batman and Robin deduce his plan, but realize they are too late to stop him and too slow to catch him. With little left to go on, the Dynamic Duo employ their "bat-logic" to try to figure out his next move.
Director:Oscar Rudolph
Writer:Stanley Ralph Ross
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Director:Oscar Rudolph
Writer:Stanley Ralph Ross
7.0/10(448 votes)
#17 - Catwoman's Dressed to Kill
S3:E1412/14/1967
The Catwoman targets the fashion industry by first terrorizing a banquet honoring Batgirl and then attacking a fashion show. During the attack on the fashion show, Catwoman captures Batgirl and takes her back to her hideout where she threatens to kill her with a pattern cutter. She then tells Batman that if he attempts to rescue her that it will leave the visiting Queen Bess of Bellgravia vulnerable for attack. Now the Caped Crusader must find a way to save Batgirl and prevent any harm to Queen Bess.
Director:Sam Strangis
Writer:Stanley Ralph Ross
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Director:Sam Strangis
Writer:Stanley Ralph Ross
7.0/10(442 votes)
#18 - Marsha's Scheme of Diamonds
S2:E2411/24/1966
Hoping to obtain the Batcave's bat-diamond, Marsha searches for a new potion to use on the Caped Crusaders. Batman and Robin do some searching of their own and arrive at the criminal's hideout. But after Marsha douses them with her concoctions, the villainess seems to have a unique bargaining chip - two tiny caped toads - with which to gain Commissioner Gordon's help in locating the Batcave.
Director:James B. Clark
Writer:Stanford Sherman
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Director:James B. Clark
Writer:Stanford Sherman
7.0/10(429 votes)
#19 - A Riddling Controversy
S2:E462/9/1967
After two more robberies, the Riddler has enough money to purchase Professor Charm's Demolecularizer. He demonstrates his weapon on a park statue, then issues an ultimatum - if all criminal statutes are not rescinded within two hours, he will begin dissolving every building in Gotham City. He rigs his device to automatically fire on police headquarters if his demands are not met. The city's only hope is Batman, who believes he has a plan to counteract the device.
Director:James B. Clark
Writer:William P. D'Angelo
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Director:James B. Clark
Writer:William P. D'Angelo
7.0/10(429 votes)
#20 - Black Widow Strikes Again
S2:E553/15/1967
The Black Widow uses her cerebrum short-circuiting device to rob bank after bank in Gotham City. Batman and Robin soon catch up with her, but actually capturing the villainess proves harder than expected. Despite her nerve paralyzer spray, and two remote-control dummies that try to throw the Dynamic Duo off course, they finally make it inside the Black Widow's lair. But soon after entering, they are trapped in a giant web with two deadly black widow spiders.
Director:Oscar Rudolph
Writer:Robert Mintz
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Director:Oscar Rudolph
Writer:Robert Mintz
7.0/10(420 votes)
#21 - The Londinium Larcenies
S3:E1111/23/1967
Commissioner Gordon travels across the channel to Londinium by request of the President to assist in a spree of baffling burglaries. Also aboard ship are Bruce Wayne, Dick Grayson, their manservant Alfred and Gordon's daughter Barbara. Alfred sets up a make-shift Batcave under a rented mansion near Londinium while Batman & Robin visit lord Ffogg and Lady Peasoup, who run a girl's finishing school that teaches their students a degree in shoplifting.
Director:Oscar Rudolph
Writer:Unknown
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Director:Oscar Rudolph
Writer:Unknown
7.0/10(419 votes)
#22 - A Horse of Another Color
S3:E510/12/1967
The Penguin steals a priceless folio of famous parasols from the Gotham City Library. He plans to wager the $10,000 earned from its ransom on a rigged horse race. Aided by his partner-in-crime Lola Lasagne, he disguises the favored entry Parasol as the unknown "Bumbershoot," then enters a painted glue factory horse as "Parasol". With everyone betting their money on the fake horse, it looks like the Penguin will make a fortune when the real Parasol wins the race. But he wasn't counting on a last-minute entry of Bruce Wayne's, the horse Waynebow, ridden by none other than Batgirl.
Director:Sam Strangis
Writer:Charles Hoffman
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Director:Sam Strangis
Writer:Charles Hoffman
7.0/10(417 votes)
#23 - The Ogg and I
S3:E811/2/1967
Egghead and Olga, Queen of the Bessarovian Cossacks, team up to kidnap Commissioner Gordon. In exchange for his safety, they demand a ten cent tax for every egg eaten in Gotham City. Batman and Robin suspect that Olga may also be after the giant Samovar of Genghis Khan and use it to find a way into her hideout. However, it turns out that the Duo have been expected. While Olga targets Batman as her future husband, her cook prepares a wedding borscht which will contain Commissioner Gordon and Robin.
Director:Oscar Rudolph
Writer:Stanford Sherman
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Director:Oscar Rudolph
Writer:Stanford Sherman
7.0/10(412 votes)
#24 - The Foggiest Notion
S3:E1211/30/1967
Lord Ffogg and Lady Peasoup plan to steal a ship-worth of mod clothing material with which they can control the fashion world of Londinium. Ffogg and his men subdue Batman, Peasoup and her girls grab Robin and Lady Prudence uses the paralyzing fog on Batgirl.
Director:Oscar Rudolph
Writer:Unknown
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Director:Oscar Rudolph
Writer:Unknown
7.0/10(408 votes)
#25 - The Joke's on Catwoman
S3:E171/4/1968
Following a tip from Batgirl, the Dynamic Trio meet up at the Grimalkin Novelty Company, hideout of the Joker and Catwoman. There, they overhear the arch-criminals' plot and secretly trail them to a stash of hidden gunpowder. A careless mistake spoils the villains' evil plan, however, and they are captured and brought before the Gotham City judge. But when the jury seems less than interested in justice, courtroom mayhem ensues.
Director:Oscar Rudolph
Writer:Stanley Ralph Ross
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Director:Oscar Rudolph
Writer:Stanley Ralph Ross