10.0/101 votes#1 - The House of Seven Gargoyles
Season 1 Episode 23 - Aired 2/18/1965
On a visit to the castle residence of a fellow Norwegian scientist, Dr. Quest must help protect his colleague's latest invention (the anti-gravity generator) from a cat-burglar, disguised as one of a row of seven gargoyles on the roof, who regularly breaks into the estate.
Director: N/A
Writer: Charles Hoffman
9.0/101 votes#2 - Monster in the Monastery
Season 1 Episode 25 - Aired 3/4/1965
During a trip to Nepal, a band of terrorists disguised as yetis attempt to overthrow the local spiritual/government leader (a Dalai Lama-style figure) who is an old friend of Dr. Quest's.
Director: N/A
Writer: Charles Hoffman
9.0/101 votes#3 - The Sea Haunt
Season 1 Episode 26 - Aired 3/11/1965
Responding to a maritime distress signal in the Java Sea (east of Indonesia), the Quest group is stranded aboard an abandoned freighter ship with an (amphibious) sea monster.
Director: N/A
Writer: Charles Hoffman
8.0/101 votes#4 - Shadow of the Condor
Season 1 Episode 10 - Aired 11/20/1964
After an emergency landing in the Andes Mountains, Race is challenged to an aerial dogfight by Baron Heinrich von Frohleich, an old German fighter ace of World War I fame (who keeps a collection of vintage aircraft at his Bavarian-style castle in South America). The Baron's machine guns, however, are loaded — Race's are not.
Director: N/A
Writer: Charles Hoffman
7.8/105 votes#5 - A Piece of the Action
Season 2 Episode 51 - Aired 3/1/1967
The Green Hornet and Kato are in Gotham City to bust a counterfeiting stamp ring. Believed to be arch-criminals by nearly everyone, their midnight visit to Colonel Gumm at the Pink Chip Stamps Factory stirs alarm. Even Batman and Robin believe they are out for a piece of the action. Figuring the Green Hornet's goal must be the Gotham Gothic, a rare and valuable stamp, they trail him and Kato to the Pink Chip Stamps Factory. But when Colonel Gumm and his men make giant stamps out of the visiting crime fighters, it appears Batman and Robin will be doomed to the same fate.
Director: Oscar Rudolph
Writer: Charles Hoffman
7.7/103 votes#6 - Ring Around the Riddler
Season 3 Episode 2 - Aired 9/21/1967
The Riddler is out to control all of prize fighting in Gotham City. He begins by kidnapping and brainwashing top prizefighters with the aid of the Siren. Then, under the guise of Mushi Nebuchadnezzar, supposed boxing champion of Southwest Asia, he challenges Batman to a fight in the ring. But when it becomes clear that the Riddler has no plans to play fair, it's up to Batgirl to help her crime fighting companions.
Director: Sam Strangis
Writer: Charles Hoffman
7.5/102 votes#7 - The Sandman Cometh
Season 2 Episode 33 - Aired 12/28/1966
Catwoman and the Sandman have teamed up, and they're after the fortunes of J. Pauline Spaghetti, a rich insomniac. Catwoman pulls a publicity stunt, getting the Sandman (under the guise of "Dr. Somnambula") an invitation to Spaghetti's penthouse - and her financial records. Batman and Robin investigate the situation, but soon find themselves trapped by the criminals.
Director: George Waggner
Writer: Charles Hoffman
7.5/102 votes#8 - The Contaminated Cowl
Season 2 Episode 35 - Aired 1/4/1967
The Mad Hatter has escaped from prison, and is on a quest to add Batman's cowl to his collection of hats. He attends Gotham City's annual headdress ball disguised as the Three-tailed Pasha Of Panchagorum, and snatches a large ruby off of columnist Hattie Hatfield's headdress. The villain makes a getaway, but not before turning Batman's cowl pink with a radioactive spray. He trails Batman to the Atomic Energy Laboratory, knowing he will have a chance to snatch his cowl when it is removed for decontamination.
Director: Oscar Rudolph
Writer: Charles Hoffman
7.5/102 votes#9 - The Mad Hatter Runs Afoul
Season 2 Episode 36 - Aired 1/5/1967
What appear to be the skeletons of Batman and Robin are found at Gotham City's Atomic Energy Laboratory, where the Mad Hatter left them to irradiate. Word of their demise spreads like wildfire. With the world busy mourning its loss, the Mad Hatter has no trouble snatching a valuable ruby from the Golden Buddha of Bergama's forehead. However, when rumor spreads that Batman and Robin are still alive, the Mad Hatter's scheme appears jeopardized.
Director: Oscar Rudolph
Writer: Charles Hoffman
7.4/107 votes#10 - The Thirteenth Hat
Season 1 Episode 13 - Aired 2/23/1966
Jervis Tetsch, aka the Mad Hatter, is abducting all the jurors who convicted him of a previous crime wave. He is also taking their hats. His final target is none other than Batman, who provided the key testimony in the Mad Hatter's trial. Batman and Robin have the Mad Hatter and his gang cornered but the criminal mastermind manages to encase the Caped Crusader in plaster of Paris.
Director: Norman Foster
Writer: Charles Hoffman
7.1/107 votes#11 - Batman Stands Pat
Season 1 Episode 14 - Aired 2/24/1966
Batman, thanks to superior breath control, is able to escape the plaster of Paris in which he was encased. Despite this, the Mad Hatter is still at large. Eventually, Batman and Robin again face off against the Mad Hatter at his criminal lair. Things look bad, but the Dyamic Duo manage to triumph.
Director: Norman Foster
Writer: Charles Hoffman
7.0/102 votes#12 - The Impractical Joker
Season 2 Episode 21 - Aired 11/16/1966
The Joker pulls off a string of key-related pranks throughout Gotham City, then with his magic box, proceeds to snatch a priceless jeweled key right under the noses of Batman and Robin. The Dynamic Duo wise up to his ways and thwart him at their next encounter. However, the Joker has more devious plans to do away with them both before his final caper.
Director: James B. Clark
Writer: Charles Hoffman
7.0/102 votes#13 - The Joker's Provokers
Season 2 Episode 22 - Aired 11/17/1966
After a reworking, the Joker's magic box holds the power to alter time forward and backward. Batman and Robin learn of his plans to pollute the city water supply, and butler Alfred is sent to take over as security guard at the water works. Alfred nabs the box upon the villain's arrival, freezing him and his cronies in time, but unwittingly commits a dangerous error when he removes the box's key.
Director: James B. Clark
Writer: Charles Hoffman
7.0/102 votes#14 - The Catwoman Goeth
Season 2 Episode 34 - Aired 12/29/1966
Though Batman escapes the Sandman's trap, Robin is left to wander in a deadly maze. A clue leads Batman to Catwoman's lair, where he informs her of Sandman's plans to elope with J. Pauline Spaghetti and keep her fortunes to himself. Enraged by the Sandman's trickery, Catwoman sets out after him. Batman, with the now-rescued Robin, also follows, and the group meet up at Spaghetti's old deserted pasta factory.
Director: George Waggner
Writer: Charles Hoffman
7.0/102 votes#15 - Ice Spy
Season 2 Episode 59 - Aired 3/29/1967
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.
Director: Oscar Rudolph
Writer: Charles Hoffman
7.0/102 votes#16 - The Duo Defy
Season 2 Episode 60 - Aired 3/30/1967
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.
Director: Oscar Rudolph
Writer: Charles Hoffman
7.0/102 votes#17 - A Horse of Another Color
Season 3 Episode 5 - Aired 10/12/1967
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
6.8/104 votes#18 - Minerva, Mayhem and Millionaires
Season 3 Episode 26 - Aired 3/14/1968
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
6.5/102 votes#19 - The Sport of Penguins
Season 3 Episode 4 - Aired 10/5/1967
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
6.5/102 votes#20 - The Joker's Flying Saucer
Season 3 Episode 24 - Aired 2/29/1968
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.
Director: Sam Strangis
Writer: Charles Hoffman
6.1/107 votes#21 - Batman's Satisfaction
Season 2 Episode 52 - Aired 3/2/1967
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.
Director: Oscar Rudolph
Writer: Charles Hoffman
6.0/102 votes#22 - Louie's Lethal Lilac Time
Season 3 Episode 18 - Aired 1/11/1968
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
5.0/102 votes#23 - Surf's Up! Joker's Under!
Season 3 Episode 10 - Aired 11/16/1967
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.
Director: Oscar Rudolph
Writer: Charles Hoffman
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"The House of Seven Gargoyles" is the best rated episode written by Charles Hoffman. It scored 10/10 based on 1 votes. It was directed by N/A. It aired on 2/18/1965 and is rated 1.0 points higher than their second-best episode, "Monster in the Monastery".