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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
    4.7/10(7 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 Surf's Up!  Joker's Under!
    5.7/10(3 votes)

    #2 - Surf's Up! Joker's Under!

    S3:E10

    The Joker plans to become the king of surfing, hoping the fame will give him control over the hearts and minds of Gotham City. He captures top surfer Skip Parker, then uses his "Surfing Experience & Ability Transferometer" to transfer the needed skills and stamina from Skip to himself. When all the other contestants drop out of the upcoming surfing match, Batman steps up to challenge the Joker's supremacy.

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  3. Background image for The Foggiest Notion
    5.8/10(4 votes)

    #3 - The Foggiest Notion

    S3:E12

    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.

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    Director:Oscar Rudolph
    Writer:Unknown
  4. Background image for Louie the Lilac
    6.0/10(3 votes)

    #4 - 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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  5. Background image for The Ogg and I
    6.0/10(3 votes)

    #5 - The Ogg and I

    S3:E8

    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.

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  6. Background image for How to Hatch a Dinosaur
    6.0/10(3 votes)

    #6 - 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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  8. Background image for The Ogg Couple
    6.0/10(4 votes)

    #7 - 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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  9. Background image for Louie's Lethal Lilac Time
    6.0/10(3 votes)

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

    #9 - 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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  11. Background image for The Londinium Larcenies
    6.2/10(6 votes)

    #10 - The Londinium Larcenies

    S3:E11

    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.

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    Director:Oscar Rudolph
    Writer:Unknown
  12. Background image for The Great Escape
    6.2/10(4 votes)

    #11 - The Great Escape

    S3:E21

    Shame escapes from prison, and together with Calamity Jan, goes to work on his newest caper. He leaves a cryptic clue for Batman, Robin, and Batgirl describing the first part of his scheme - the robbery of two opera singers. The Terrific Trio decipher his riddle and attempt to stop him, but when Shame breaks out his "fear gas," the three are left quaking in their shoes.

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

    #12 - 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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  14. Background image for The Bloody Tower
    6.3/10(3 votes)

    #13 - 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
  15. Background image for The Great Train Robbery
    6.5/10(4 votes)

    #14 - The Great Train Robbery

    S3:E22

    After his previous battle with the Terrific Trio, Shame now has Batgirl as a hostage. He agrees to a swap when he realizes that Batman and Robin also have Calamity Jan's mother, Frontier Fanny. Batgirl informs the Dynamic Duo of a plan for a "great train robbery" that she overheard as a hostage. The three work to figure out Shame's plan and race to stop him. But when they realize they are too late, Batman attempts to lure him out of hiding with an offer of man-to-man combat.

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  16. Background image for A Death Worse Than Fate
    6.6/10(9 votes)

    #15 - 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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  17. Background image for Shoot a Crooked Arrow
    6.7/10(485 votes)

    #16 - 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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  18. Background image for Caught in the Spider's Den
    6.7/10(3 votes)

    #17 - 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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  19. Background image for The Sport of Penguins
    6.7/10(3 votes)

    #18 - 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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  20. Background image for Catwoman's Dressed to Kill
    6.7/10(3 votes)

    #19 - Catwoman's Dressed to Kill

    S3:E14

    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.

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  21. Background image for Penguin's Clean Sweep
    6.7/10(3 votes)

    #20 - 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
  22. Background image for The Joker's Flying Saucer
    6.7/10(3 votes)

    #21 - The Joker's Flying Saucer

    S3:E24

    The Joker is back in Gotham City, this time with his sights set on worldwide domination. He plants rumors of an invasion from outer space, then sets out to gather the Beryllium metal needed to build an actual flying saucer. Batman picks up on his scheme and sends Alfred to check up on a stash of the metal. But when Alfred is mistaken for a mad scientist by the Joker, he is hauled off to the villain's lair along with Batgirl. The Dynamic Duo are on their way when a bomb planted by one of the Joker's henchmen goes off, leaving them unconscious, and their Batcave cut off from the rest of the world.

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  23. Background image for Minerva, Mayhem and Millionaires
    6.7/10(6 votes)

    #22 - 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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  24. Background image for Zelda the Great
    6.8/10(9 votes)

    #23 - 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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  25. Background image for True or False-Face
    6.8/10(8 votes)

    #24 - True or False-Face

    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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  26. Background image for Holy Rat Race
    6.8/10(8 votes)

    #25 - Holy Rat Race

    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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Worst Episodes Summary

"Nora Clavicle and the Ladies' Crime Club" is the worst rated episode of "Batman". It scored 4.7/10 based on 7 votes. Directed by Oscar Rudolph and written by Stanford Sherman, it aired on 1/18/1968. This episode scored 1.0 points lower than the second lowest rated, "Surf's Up! Joker's Under!".