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The Worst Episodes of The New Batman Adventures

Every episode of The New Batman Adventures ranked from worst to best. Explore the Worst Episodes of The New Batman Adventures!

The New Batman Adventures is a continuation of the acclaimed Batman: The Animated Series. Stories in this series tend to give more focus to Batman's...
Genres:Action & AdventureMysteryAnimationKids
Network:The WB
Episodes
24
Avg. Rating
7.7
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S4
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E3
7.6
6.9
7.8
6.9
7.4
5.7

Worst Episodes Summary

"Critters" is the worst rated episode of "The New Batman Adventures". It scored 5.7/10 based on 805 votes. Directed by Dan Riba and written by Joe R. Lansdale, it aired on 9/19/1998. This episode scored 1.0 points lower than the second lowest rated, "Animal Act".

  • Critters
    5.7/10(805)
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    #1 - Critters

    Season 2 Episode 3

    Aired 9/19/1998

    A genetic engineer goes overboard in creating bigger livestock and loses all his money. A year later, an army of mutant farm animals terrorize Gotham City.

    Director: Dan Riba

    Writer: Joe R. Lansdale

  • Animal Act
    6.7/10(763)
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    #2 - Animal Act

    Season 2 Episode 4

    Aired 9/26/1998

    A series of thefts is being committed by circus animals in a town where Nightwing's old circus is performing. Is it an old friend that is training the animals to steal, or someone else?

    Director: Curt Geda

    Writer: Hilary Bader

  • The Demon Within
    6.8/10(814)
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    #3 - The Demon Within

    Season 1 Episode 10

    Aired 5/9/1998

    Batman and Robin assist occultist Jason Blood when Klarion the Witch-boy takes control of Blood's alter-ego, Etrigan the Demon.

    Director: Atsuko Tanaka

    Writer: Rusti Bjornhoel, Stan Berkowitz

  • Love is a Croc
    6.8/10(808)
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    #4 - Love is a Croc

    Season 1 Episode 13

    Aired 7/11/1998

    Baby Doll becomes enamored of Killer Croc, and the pair forms a very unlikely yet very successful criminal duo. However, their partnership soon falls apart when Baby Doll learns that Croc is only using her to further his own criminal career.

    Director: Butch Lukic

    Writer: Steve Gerber

  • The Ultimate Thrill
    6.9/10(832)
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    #5 - The Ultimate Thrill

    Season 2 Episode 1

    Aired 9/14/1998

    Former stuntwoman and adrenaline junkie Roxanne Sutton becomes the rocket-riding thief Roxy Rocket, to chase danger and excitement.

    Director: Dan Riba

    Writer: Hilary Bader

  • Cult of the Cat
    6.9/10(796)
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    #6 - Cult of the Cat

    Season 2 Episode 2

    Aired 9/18/1998

    Batman tries to help Catwoman, who is being chased by a cat cult due to a statue she stole.

    Director: Butch Lukic

    Writer: Stan Berkowitz

  • Torch Song
    7.0/10(792)
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    #7 - Torch Song

    Season 1 Episode 12

    Aired 6/13/1998

    A lovelorn pyrotechnic engineer, Garfield Lynns, gets dumped by a big time singer named Cassidy. Lynns becomes the supervillain Firefly, bent on burning the woman who burned him.

    Director: Curt Geda

    Writer: Rich Fogel

  • Mean Seasons
    7.3/10(827)
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    #8 - Mean Seasons

    Season 1 Episode 9

    Aired 4/25/1998

    Batman pursues an ex-model, who is now looking for revenge and calling herself "Calendar Girl".

    Director: Hiroyuki Aoyama

    Writer: Hilary Bader

  • Cold Comfort
    7.4/10(916)
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    #9 - Cold Comfort

    Season 1 Episode 3

    Aired 10/11/1997

    Mr. Freeze returns and seeks revenge on Gotham City, with a big surprise for Batman.

    Director: Dan Riba

    Writer: Hilary Bader

  • Chemistry
    7.5/10(791)
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    #10 - Chemistry

    Season 2 Episode 8

    Aired 10/24/1998

    Bruce Wayne, along with other wealthy denizens of Gotham, fall in love with their ideal mate, who all happen to have green eyes. Wayne decides to marry, and gives up being Batman forever. However, an old enemy's latest plot is being set into motion...

    Director: Butch Lukic

    Writer: Stan Berkowitz

  • Holiday Knights
    7.6/10(1,063)
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    #11 - Holiday Knights

    Season 1 Episode 1

    Aired 9/13/1997

    During the Christmas season, Harley and Poison Ivy lure Bruce into a hypnotic shopping spree while Joker threatens Gotham with a sonic bomb loud enough to deafen anyone within earshot of its explosion.

    Director: Dan Riba

    Writer: Paul Dini

  • You Scratch My Back
    7.6/10(898)
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    #12 - You Scratch My Back

    Season 1 Episode 5

    Aired 11/15/1997

    In an effort to further distance himself from Batman, Nightwing tries to go it alone to stop a smuggling ring and gets unexpected help from the seductive Catwoman.

    Director: Dan Riba, Butch Lukic

    Writer: Hilary Bader

  • Girl's Night Out
    7.6/10(866)
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    #13 - Girl's Night Out

    Season 2 Episode 7

    Aired 10/17/1998

    Livewire escapes during a prison transfer and runs amok in Gotham, joining forces with Poison Ivy and Harley Quinn. With the Dark Knight away, Batgirl teams up with Supergirl to face the deadly trio.

    Director: Curt Geda

    Writer: Hilary Bader

  • Sins of the Father
    7.8/10(964)
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    #14 - Sins of the Father

    Season 1 Episode 2

    Aired 9/20/1997

    The origins of Tim Drake are traced, from street-tough and member of Two-Face's gang to the new Robin.

    Director: Curt Geda

    Writer: Rich Fogel

  • Beware the Creeper
    7.8/10(878)
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    #15 - Beware the Creeper

    Season 2 Episode 10

    Aired 11/7/1998

    Exposure to a weird mixture of chemicals, including the Joker's laughing gas, changes straitlaced newsman Jack Ryder into the crazed Creeper. He looks to kill the Joker, and develops a much unwanted crush on Harley.

    Director: Dan Riba

    Writer: Steve Gerber

  • Double Talk
    8.1/10(912)
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    #16 - Double Talk

    Season 1 Episode 6

    Aired 11/22/1997

    Arnold Wesker is released from Arkham, completely free of his Scarface persona. But Scarface's old gang, needing their old boss back, begin working to drive Wesker back to his old ways.

    Director: Curt Geda

    Writer: Bob Goodman

  • Joker's Millions
    8.1/10(980)
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    #17 - Joker's Millions

    Season 1 Episode 7

    Aired 2/21/1998

    Crime boss Edward "The King" Barlow dies and in his will leaves his arch-rival, the Joker, a large fortune. Joker immediately goes on a shopping spree, even searching for a replacement for Harley Quinn, but realizes too late that all the money is fake.

    Director: Dan Riba

    Writer: Paul Dini

  • Never Fear
    8.2/10(988)
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    #18 - Never Fear

    Season 1 Episode 4

    Aired 11/1/1997

    The Scarecrow develops a new toxin that, rather than inducing fear, eliminates it, making average people incredibly reckless and dangerous.

    Director: Kenji Hachizaki

    Writer: Stan Berkowitz

  • Growing Pains
    8.4/10(988)
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    #19 - Growing Pains

    Season 1 Episode 8

    Aired 2/28/1998

    Robin fights to protect a young girl with amnesia who is being stalked by her "father", who turns out to be Clayface. Having created the girl from his own body to scout out the city, he now intends to reabsorb her.

    Director: Atsuko Tanaka

    Writer: Bob Goodman, Paul Dini

  • Legends of the Dark Knight
    8.5/10(1,056)
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    #20 - Legends of the Dark Knight

    Season 2 Episode 6

    Aired 10/10/1998

    A group of Gotham City youths tell their stories about what they believe the Dark Knight to really be like. One story is reminiscent of the Dick Sprang era comics from the 1950s and/or the 1960s live-action Batman television series. Another is reminiscent of Frank Miller's 1986 graphic novel The Dark Knight Returns.

    Director: Dan Riba

    Writer: Bob Goodman, Bruce Timm

  • Judgment Day
    8.6/10(1,111)
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    #21 - Judgment Day

    Season 2 Episode 9

    Aired 10/31/1998

    A new, mysterious vigilante known as the Judge appears and targets Gotham's rogue's gallery with ruthless fury.

    Director: Curt Geda

    Writer: Alan Burnett, Rich Fogel

  • Old Wounds
    8.8/10(1,038)
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    #22 - Old Wounds

    Season 2 Episode 5

    Aired 10/3/1998

    Nightwing tells Robin the story of how he and Batman grew apart. The story reveals how Batgirl discovered Batman and Robin's true identities, and also explains some of the romantic flare between Barbara and Dick.

    Director: Curt Geda

    Writer: Rich Fogel

  • Over the Edge
    9.2/10(1,262)
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    #23 - Over the Edge

    Season 1 Episode 11

    Aired 5/23/1998

    During a fight with the Scarecrow, Batgirl is ambushed on a rooftop and falls to her death. Having watched his daughter's demise, Jim Gordon blames Batman for her fate and vows revenge, even recruiting Bane in the process.

    Director: Yuichiro Yano

    Writer: Paul Dini, Bruce Timm

  • Mad Love
    9.4/10(1,334)
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    #24 - Mad Love

    Season 2 Episode 11

    Aired 1/16/1999

    Harley reflects on her first meeting with the Joker as she plots to eliminate her main competition in his attentions—Batman.

    Director: Butch Lukic

    Writer: Paul Dini