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The Worst Episodes of Batman

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The Worst Episodes of Batman

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. Background image for Nora Clavicle and the Ladies' Crime Club
    5.7/10(452 votes)

    #1 - Nora Clavicle and the Ladies' Crime Club

    S3:E19

    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.

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  2. Background image for Batman's Satisfaction
    6.2/10(8 votes)

    #2 - Batman's Satisfaction

    S2:E52

    Colonel Gumm moves out of the Pink Chip Stamps Factory, taking its owner Pinky Pinkston along as a hostage. A message hidden by Miss Pinkston in a bowl of alphabet soup directs Batman and Robin to the International Stamp Exhibition. Though the Green Hornet and Kato will be attending to try to expose Colonel Gumm, Batman and Robin believe they are out for personal profit. The misunderstanding has the two sets of crime fighters fighting each other while the real criminal nearly makes off with the exhibition's rare and valuable stamps.

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  3. Background image for Black Widow Strikes Again
    6.3/10(3 votes)

    #3 - Black Widow Strikes Again

    S2:E55

    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.

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  4. Background image for Louie's Lethal Lilac Time
    6.6/10(346 votes)

    #4 - Louie's Lethal Lilac Time

    S3:E18

    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.

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  5. Background image for Shoot a Crooked Arrow
    6.7/10(470 votes)

    #5 - Shoot a Crooked Arrow

    S2:E1

    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.

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  6. Background image for Caught in the Spider's Den
    6.7/10(3 votes)

    #6 - Caught in the Spider's Den

    S2:E56

    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.

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  8. Background image for Walk the Straight and Narrow
    6.8/10(451 votes)

    #7 - Walk the Straight and Narrow

    S2:E2

    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.

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  9. Background image for The Puzzles Are Coming
    6.9/10(379 votes)

    #8 - The Puzzles Are Coming

    S2:E31

    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.

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  10. Background image for The Duo Is Slumming
    6.9/10(368 votes)

    #9 - The Duo Is Slumming

    S2:E32

    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.

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  11. Background image for The Sport of Penguins
    6.9/10(372 votes)

    #10 - The Sport of Penguins

    S3:E4

    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.

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  12. Background image for Minerva, Mayhem and Millionaires
    6.9/10(354 votes)

    #11 - Minerva, Mayhem and Millionaires

    S3:E26

    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.

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  13. Background image for Zelda the Great
    7.0/10(634 votes)

    #12 - Zelda the Great

    S1:E9

    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.

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  14. Background image for A Death Worse Than Fate
    7.0/10(613 votes)

    #13 - A Death Worse Than Fate

    S1:E10

    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.

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  15. Background image for Batman's Waterloo
    7.0/10(3 votes)

    #14 - Batman's Waterloo

    S2:E54

    Though Batman escapes his watery trap, Robin is left in the hands of King Tut. The deluded villain still believes that Lisa Carson is really Queen Cleopatra, and calls Lisa's father to demand a ransom of $8,300,487.12, the mortgage on the Pyramids. Using the Jolly Jackson radio show to communicate, Tut negotiates the terms of payment with Batman. However, the villain most likely intends to keep both the money and Lisa, and has further plans to fry the Caped Crusaders in his royal boiling oil.

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  16. Background image for Pop Goes the Joker
    7.0/10(3 votes)

    #15 - Pop Goes the Joker

    S2:E57

    The Joker appears in an art gallery and defaces the paintings with paint-spraying guns. But instead of being horrified at his alterations, the Joker's work is praised as "art". After more success at an international art competition, the Joker founds his own art school. But Batman and Robin suspect he has a more sinister purpose in mind when he enrolls only wealthy millionaires.

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  17. Background image for Ice Spy
    7.0/10(3 votes)

    #16 - Ice Spy

    S2:E59

    Mr. Freeze is back in town, and has plans to build an icy weapon that will have the world at his control. With help from Glacia Glaze, the renowned ice skater, he captures Professor Isaacson and tries to extract the secret formula for instant ice from him. Mr. Freeze then sends his trained seal Isolde to Police Headquarters with a note, demanding Batman deliver a ransom in exchange for the professor. But the frosty villain not only plans to keep the money and the professor, but to terminate the Dynamic Duo in the process.

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  18. Background image for The Duo Defy
    7.0/10(3 votes)

    #17 - The Duo Defy

    S2:E60

    Back in his iceberg headquarters, Mr. Freeze persuades the kidnapped Professor Isaacson to build him a thermodynamic ice ray beam. He issues an ultimatum that he will begin freezing the entire country if his demands are not met, then gives a demonstration of his weapon. As the villain works out just what his demands are, Batman and Robin track his seal, Isolde, through an ice-packed Gotham Harbor to locate the villain's hideout.

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  19. Background image for Louie the Lilac
    7.0/10(378 votes)

    #18 - Louie the Lilac

    S3:E7

    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.

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  20. Background image for How to Hatch a Dinosaur
    7.0/10(354 votes)

    #19 - How to Hatch a Dinosaur

    S3:E9

    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.

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  21. Background image for The Bloody Tower
    7.0/10(357 votes)

    #20 - The Bloody Tower

    S3:E13

    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.

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    Director:Oscar Rudolph
    Writer:Unknown
  22. Background image for The Ogg Couple
    7.0/10(352 votes)

    #21 - The Ogg Couple

    S3:E15

    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.

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  23. Background image for Penguin's Clean Sweep
    7.0/10(343 votes)

    #22 - Penguin's Clean Sweep

    S3:E20

    The Penguin taints the ink at the U.S. Mint with Lygerian Sleeping Sickness. As word of the infected money gets out, citizens of Gotham City empty their cash right onto the streets - and into Penguin's pockets. But when Bruce Wayne spreads word of the infected bills worldwide, the Penguin realizes his ill-gotten gain is worthless and threatens a more devilish plot if the warning is not retracted.

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    Director:Oscar Rudolph
  24. Background image for The Minstrel's Shakedown
    7.1/10(443 votes)

    #23 - The Minstrel's Shakedown

    S2:E5

    The Minstrel, a villain with both musical talent and electronic ingenuity, is wrecking havoc with the Gotham City Exchange in an attempt to blackmail the exchange members. When he soon realizes Batman and Robin are equally skilled with electronics, he deems them a threat to his plan and sets a trap for their demise.

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  25. Background image for Barbecued Batman?
    7.1/10(422 votes)

    #24 - Barbecued Batman?

    S2:E6

    Failing to destroy Batman and Robin, the Minstrel enacts "Plan High C." He shakes the building of the Gotham City Exchange, and promises to send it crumbling down if his demands are not met in one hour. Batman assumes cutting off the building's power will thwart the villain, but when that plan fails, it's up to the Dynamic Duo to track down the Minstrel before it's too late.

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  26. Background image for Marsha's Scheme of Diamonds
    7.1/10(384 votes)

    #25 - Marsha's Scheme of Diamonds

    S2:E24

    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.

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Worst Episodes Summary

"Nora Clavicle and the Ladies' Crime Club" is the worst rated episode of "Batman". It scored 5.7/10 based on 452 votes. Directed by Oscar Rudolph and written by Stanford Sherman, it aired on 1/18/1968. This episode scored 0.5 points lower than the second lowest rated, "Batman's Satisfaction".