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Batman: The Animated Series season 1
Season 1 · DC Animated Universe · Sep 5, 1992 · 60 episodes
Plot
Season 1, 60 episodes, first aired Sep 5, 1992.
About the show
Heir to the Wayne family fortune, Bruce Wayne (Kevin Conroy) lives by day as a seemingly lavish playboy millionaire socialite, but by night assumes the role of his crime-fighting alter-ego: the caped crusader known as The Batman. Throughout the show, Batman receives help from sidekicks Dick Grayson/Robin (Loren Lester) and Barbara Gordon/Batgirl (Melissa Gilbert), as well as Police Commissioner James Gordon (Bob Hastings), in protecting the streets of Gotham City from a large rogue's gallery of criminals, lunatics, and nemeses.
Episodes
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Episode 1: The Cat and the Claw (1)
Catwoman steals a necklace to finance the purchase of land for a mountain lion reserve, but is stopped by a group of terrorists.
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Episode 2: On Leather Wings
When a vicious bat creature known as Man-Bat, starts terrorizing Gotham City, everyone mistakenly thinks that Batman is the culprit. Batman must find out who the mysterious Man-Bat is and clear his own name.
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Episode 3: Heart of Ice
Brilliant cryogenics expert Dr. Victor Fries is transformed into Mr. Freeze, a vengeful creature who can only survive in subzero temperatures.
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Episode 4: Feat of Clay (1)
A popular actor renowned for his ability to play any part has a terrible secret—he's addicted to a strange chemical formula that enables him to alter his facial features without makeup.
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Episode 5: Feat of Clay (2)
Clayface learns that the man responsible for his disfigurement is to appear on TV, promoting a skin conditioner containing the same chemical that deformed him.
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Episode 6: It's Never Too Late
An aging mob boss learns his drug dealings have contributed to his son's drug addiction.
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Episode 7: Joker's Favor
When a timid accountant accidentally runs afoul of the Joker, he promises the Joker anything if the villain will only let him go.
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Episode 8: The Cat and the Claw (2)
When Catwoman infiltrates the underground headquarters of terrorists, both she and Batman are captured and left to die as victims of a viral plague.
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Episode 9: Pretty Poison
When District Attorney Harvey Dent is poisoned after a dinner date, Batman makes the horrifying discovery that his date was Poison Ivy, a plant-obsessed villainess.
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Episode 10: Nothing to Fear
A horrifying villain named Scarecrow spreads fear gas and wreaks havoc at Gotham State University.
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Episode 11: Be a Clown
The Joker infiltrates the birthday party of Mayor Hill's son in order to plant a bomb.
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Episode 12: Appointment in Crime Alley
Batman's friend, Dr. Leslie Thompkins, is taken prisoner by a ruthless land developer after she uncovers his devious plans.
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Episode 13: P.O.V.
Bullock's account of a botched sting operation is so at odds with the other officers' testimony that the police investigator suspends everyone involved.
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Episode 14: The Clock King
When a maniacally punctilious man faces financial ruin because of attorney Hamilton Hill, he transforms into the devious Clock King and swears revenge on Hill, now the mayor of Gotham.
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Episode 15: The Last Laugh
The Joker employs a lethal mind-altering laughing gas to transform the citizens of Gotham into total fools.
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Episode 16: Eternal Youth
Alfred and his friend, Maggie Paige, visit a health spa that is actually run by the nefarious Poison Ivy.
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Episode 17: Two-Face (1)
District Attorney Harvey Dent hides a deep dark secret—he has a second personality, Big Bad Harv, a tough gangster.
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Episode 18: Two-Face (2)
Two-Face, the former Harvey Dent, begins an aggressive campaign against his hated rival, Rupert Thorne.
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Episode 19: Fear of Victory
The Scarecrow uses a fear chemical triggered by adrenaline on Gotham's greatest athletes, then bets against them to reap the winnings.
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Episode 20: I've Got Batman in My Basement
After the Penguin sprays Batman with nerve gas, a 12-year-old boy rescues the unconscious hero and hides him in his basement.
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Episode 21: Vendetta
Batman suspects that an imprisoned Detective Bullock may be innocent after he is arrested for murder. The real murderer turns out to be Killer Croc, who framed Bullock to get revenge.
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Episode 22: Prophecy of Doom
Bruce begins to worry when all of his wealthy friends join the same brotherhood group run by Nostromos, a so-called psychic.
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Episode 23: The Forgotten
When men begin disappearing at a bowery, Bruce Wayne decides to go undercover as a worker. He loses his memory after he is attacked, kidnapped and forced to work in a mining camp.
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Episode 24: Mad as a Hatter
The Mad Hatter puts the city of Gotham under his control in an attempt to impress a woman, Alice, with whom he is in love.
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Episode 25: The Cape and Cowl Conspiracy
Batman investigates a theft of bearer bonds intended for the starving people of a poor country.
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Episode 26: Perchance to Dream
Bruce Wayne wakes up to find that his parents are not dead, he is not Batman, and he's engaged to Selina Kyle.
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Episode 27: The Underdwellers
Batman discovers a gang of forgotten runaways living deep within the Gotham sewer system.
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Episode 28: Night of the Ninja
When Wayne Enterprises is robbed by a mysterious figure known as the Ninja, Batman and Robin discover that the Ninja is an old nemesis of Bruce Wayne.
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Episode 29: The Strange Secret of Bruce Wayne
Dr. Hugo Strange's invention, a machine that reads people's thoughts, leads him to discover that Bruce Wayne is Batman.
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Episode 30: Tyger, Tyger
When a genetic engineer produces a man-cat hybrid, he kidnaps Selina Kyle to provide his creation with a mate.
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Episode 31: Dreams in Darkness
Batman must thwart the Scarecrow's plan to poison Gotham's water supply with a chemical that induces hallucinations.
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Episode 32: Beware the Gray Ghost
Batman connects recent bombings in Gotham to an episode of an old television series featuring his favorite boyhood hero, the 'Gray Ghost.'
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Episode 33: Cat Scratch Fever
Selina Kyle uncovers a plot to infect stray animals with a deadly disease that will be transmitted to the human population.
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Episode 34: I Am the Night
On the anniversary of the death of Bruce Wayne's parents, Batman expresses doubts about whether or not he should continue his one-man war against crime.
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Episode 35: Almost Got 'Im
While hiding from the police, Batman's deadliest enemies exchange stories about their mutual nemesis—Batman.
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Episode 36: Moon of the Wolf
Professor Milo tries to use an old friend of Bruce Wayne's, Anthony Romulus, to destroy him after Milo injects Romulus with a serum that changes him into a wolf.
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Episode 37: Terror in the Sky
When a man-sized bat ransacks Gotham harbor, Batman suspects that Dr. Kirk Langstrom is drinking his Man-Bat formula again.
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Episode 38: Christmas with the Joker
The Joker kidnaps three prominent citizens during Christmas and challenges Batman to find him before midnight.
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Episode 39: Heart of Steel (1)
Karl Rossum, owner of Cyberton Labs has been replacing important authority figures with robot look-alikes. Batman invites a young woman to dinner, not knowing that she is a robot as well.
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Episode 40: Heart of Steel (2)
Batman escapes from being attacked by his own Batcomputer, which was sabatoged by HARDAC. He now seeks to get back Gordon, Hill and Bullock, who have all been replaced with robots.
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Episode 41: If You're So Smart, Why Aren't You Rich?
When genius Edward Nygma's greedy boss unjustly fires him, Nygma seeks revenge as the Riddler.
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Episode 42: Joker's Wild
When a billionaire builds a casino called the Joker's Wild, the Joker breaks out of Arkham Asylum to destroy it.
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Episode 43: His Silicon Soul
A confused robot that believes he is Batman causes problems for the real Dark Knight.
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Episode 44: Off Balance
Batman investigates a notorious global crime cartel, The Society of Shadows, which has begun to operate in Gotham City.
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Episode 45: What Is Reality?
To prove that he has a superior mind, the Riddler lures Batman into a contest inside a virtual reality computer game.
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Episode 46: The Laughing Fish
The Joker becomes enraged when the Gotham copyright office rejects his demand for a copyright for his grinning Joker fish.
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Episode 47: Harley and Ivy
Harley Quinn has broken off with the Joker and teams up with Poison Ivy. Together they wreck havoc on Gotham and now Joker wants a piece of the action.
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Episode 48: The Mechanic
While engaged in a high-speed chase, the Penguin's gang escapes and the Batmobile is virtually demolished.
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Episode 49: The Man Who Killed Batman
Sidney Debris, a small-time mobster, earns the hatred of all of Batman's enemies when he claims to have accidentally killed Batman during a brawl.
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Episode 50: Zatanna
When glamorous female magician Zatanna is framed for a robbery during her act, Batman comes to her defense.
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Episode 51: Robin's Reckoning (1)
After learning the name of an extortion ringleader, Batman mysteriously refuses to let Robin continue the investigation with him.
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Episode 52: Birds of a Feather
Veronica Vreeland, a socialite desperate to create a novel party, makes the mistake of inviting the Penguin as her guest of honor.
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Episode 53: Robin's Reckoning (2)
Despite Batman's orders not to, Robin pursues Tony Zucco, the criminal who was responsible for the death of Robin's parents.
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Episode 54: Blind as a Bat
Bruce Wayne is temporarily blinded when the Penguin steals a new police helicopter with weaponry developed by WayneTech.
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Episode 55: Day of the Samurai
Bruce Wayne and Alfred travel to Japan to help Bruce's old martial arts teacher, Sensei Yoru.
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Episode 56: See No Evil
After a fortune disappears from a gem exposition, Batman investigates. He discovers that the crime may have been committed by an invisible man, an ex-con named Lloyd Ventris.
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Episode 57: The Demon's Quest (1)
When Robin is mysteriously abducted, Batman's search leads him to meet Ra's Al Ghul, leader of The Society of Shadows, whose daughter, Talia, has also been kidnapped.
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Episode 58: The Demon's Quest (2)
Batman discovers Ra's Al Ghul's plan to flood the Earth with chemicals and return it to a lush, green planet, destroying all existing life in the process.
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Episode 59: Read My Lips
Batman investigates a series of baffling crimes and discovers that the crime czar is a wooden dummy, manipulated by a mild-mannered man called the Ventriloquist.
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Episode 60: Fire from Olympus
Believing he's the reincarnation of Zeus, a mad shipping magnate mounts a stolen electron cannon atop his penthouse to shoot 'lightning bolts' at the 'wicked mortals' below.
Order
In-universe 1992 · DC DC Animated Universe