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 supporting cast, which include fellow crimefighters Robin, Nightwing, and Batgirl, among others. The show also features guest stars such as Supergirl, Etrigan, and The Creeper.
The worst episode of "The New Batman Adventures" is "Critters", rated 5.7/10 from 762 user votes. It was directed by Dan Riba and written by Joe R. Lansdale. "Critters" aired on 9/19/1998 and is rated 1.1 point(s) lower than the second lowest rated, "The Demon Within".
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Batman pursues an ex-model, who is now looking for revenge and calling herself "Calendar Girl".
Director: Hiroyuki Aoyama
Writer: Hilary Bader
Mr. Freeze returns and seeks revenge on Gotham City, with a big surprise for Batman.
Director: Dan Riba
Writer: Hilary Bader
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: Butch Lukic, Dan Riba
Writer: Hilary Bader
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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