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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 in the Wayne mansion leads to the Batcave, where Police Commissioner Gordon often calls with the latest emergency threatening Gotham City. Racing to the scene of the crime in the Batmobile, Batman and Robin must (with the help of their trusty Bat-utility-belt) thwart the efforts of a variety of master criminals, including Catwoman, Egghead, The Joker, King Tut, The Penguin, and The Riddler.
Highest-rated episodes all ranked
- 01
Tut's Case is Shut (2)Using resurrected scarab beetles, King Tut concocts an ancient mind control potion, abu raubu simbu tu. Chief O'Hara is the first under his spell, followed shortly by Commissioner Gordon, and when Batman himself is tricked into taking the drug, Tut's plan to control all of Gotham City by tainting the water supply seems close to succeeding. - 02
Hi Diddle Riddle (1)While the Riddler maneuvers Batman into being sued, the Dynamic Duo investigate the supervillain's concurrent scheme. - 03
Dizzoner the Penguin (2)The mayoral campaign seems to keep going the Penguin's way, but Batman is still confident despite the polls.
Cast
Episodes by season
Season01Best season
- S01E01
Season's bestHi Diddle Riddle (1)January 12, 1966While the Riddler maneuvers Batman into being sued, the Dynamic Duo investigate the supervillain's concurrent scheme. - S01E02
Smack in the Middle (2)January 13, 1966The Riddler schemes to have his henchwoman, disguised as Robin, to have her kill Batman in the Batcave. - S01E03
Fine Feathered Finks (1)January 19, 1966The Penguin plots to manipulate Batman into inadvertently devising capers for him. - S01E04
The Penguin's a Jinx (2)January 20, 1966The Dynamic Duo are tricked into planning the Penguin's next crime, but the supervillain adds his own twist to the plan. - S01E05
The Joker is Wild (1)January 26, 1966The Joker decides to fight fire with fire against Batman with a utility belt of his own. - S01E06
Batman is Riled (2)January 27, 1966Batman avoids a public unmasking but is unable to bring in the Joker, thanks to the villain's utility belt. Eventually, Batman and Robin are - S01E07
Instant Freeze (1)February 2, 1966Dr. Shivel aka Mr. Freeze has returned and is seeking revenge on Batman, who accidentally spilled a freeze solution on him, being forced to - S01E08
Rats Like Cheese (2)February 3, 1966Mr. Freeze exchanges a kidnapped baseball pitcher for Batman. - S01E09
Zelda the Great (1)February 9, 1966After robbing a bank, an escape artist fools Batman as he tries to capture her. - S01E10
A Death Worse Than Fate (2)February 10, 1966Zelda the Great's mad Albanian inventor tries to trap Batman and Robin. - S01E11
A Riddle a Day Keeps the Riddler Away (1)February 16, 1966Batman and Robin rush to protect a visiting king from the Riddler. - S01E12
When the Rat's Away the Mice Will Play (2)February 17, 1966The Riddler warns others of the time bomb placed in a museum statue. - S01E13
The Thirteenth Hat (1)February 23, 1966The Mad Hatter hopes to get revenge on the jurors who convicted him. - S01E14
Batman Stands Pat (2)February 24, 1966The Mad Hatter goes after the final juror. - S01E15
The Joker Goes to School (1)March 2, 1966The Joker attempts to recruit high-school dropouts for his gang. - S01E16
He Meets His Match, the Grisly Ghoul (2)March 3, 1966As Dick Grayson, Robin infiltrates the Bad Pennies. - S01E17
True or False Face (1)March 9, 1966False-Face hopes to fool Batman and Robin as he goes on a robbing spree. - S01E18
Holy Rat Race (2)March 10, 1966Batman tries to block False-Face's plans to rob a bank vault. - S01E19
The Purr-Fect Crime (1)March 16, 1966The Catwoman traps Batman and Robin as the duo sets out to guard a valuable statuette. - S01E20
Better Luck Next Time (2)March 17, 1966The Catwoman searches for a pirate's buried treasure. - S01E21
The Penguin Goes Straight (1)March 23, 1966The Penguin starts a protection agency for wealthy people. - S01E22
Not Yet, He Ain't (2)March 24, 1966Believing he is rid of Batman and Robin, the Penguin masterminds a multimillion-dollar theft. - S01E23
The Ring of Wax (1)March 30, 1966The Riddler's statue in a wax museum spells doom for Batman and Robin. - S01E24
Give 'em the Axe (2)March 31, 1966Batman and Robin escape from the vat of boiling wax with hopes of thwarting the Riddler's plan to steal Incan treasures. - S01E25
The Joker Trumps an Ace (1)April 6, 1966The Joker snatches a visiting maharajah. - S01E26
Batman Sets the Pace (2)April 7, 1966The duo crashes the Joker's headquarters. - S01E27
The Curse of Tut (1)April 13, 1966A ruthless scholar plans to take control of Gotham. - S01E28
The Pharaoh's in a Rut (2)April 14, 1966Batman and Robin join forces to catch the determined man who wants to rule Gotham. - S01E29
The Bookworm Turns (1)April 20, 1966Bookworm fakes a murder to draw out Batman. - S01E30
While Gotham City Burns (2)April 21, 1966Batman and Robin become trapped in the Bookworm's steaming cookbook. - S01E31
Death in Slow Motion (1)April 27, 1966The Riddler swipes the box-office receipts at a silent-film festival. - S01E32
The Riddler's False Notion (2)April 28, 1966The Riddler uses Robin in a deadly stunt. - S01E33
Fine Finny Fiends (1)May 4, 1966The Penguin kidnaps Alfred with hopes of raiding Bruce Wayne's dinner for millionaires. - S01E34
Batman Makes the Scenes (2)May 5, 1966Batman schemes to thwart the Penguin's plans to attend the millionaires dinner.
Season02
- S02E01
Shoot a Crooked Arrow (1)September 7, 1966Archer 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 - S02E02
Walk the Straight and Narrow (2)September 8, 1966Batman and Robin escape their previous peril and are back in action seeking to foil the Archer and his gang. After pulling off a counterfeit - S02E03
Hot Off the Griddle (1)September 14, 1966Catwoman makes her return known with a string of robberies. Hoping to lure her into a trap, Batman plants a news blurb giving the whereabout - S02E04
The Cat and the Fiddle (2)September 15, 1966Catwoman disguises herself as a wealthy recluse - Minerva Matthews - to exchange a quarter million dollars for two Stradivarius violins. Onc - S02E05
The Minstrel's Shakedown (1)September 21, 1966The Minstrel, a villain with both musical talent and electronic ingenuity, is wrecking havoc with the Gotham City Exchange in an attempt to - S02E06
Barbecued Batman? (2)September 22, 1966Failing to destroy Batman and Robin, the Minstrel enacts "Plan High C." He shakes the building of the Gotham City Exchange, and promises to - S02E07
The Spell of Tut (1)September 28, 1966King Tut has relapsed into his kingly ways, this time showing a marked interest in scarab beetles and apothecary potions. Robin infiltrates - S02E08
Season's bestTut's Case is Shut (2)September 29, 1966Using resurrected scarab beetles, King Tut concocts an ancient mind control potion, abu raubu simbu tu. Chief O'Hara is the first under his - S02E09
The Greatest Mother of Them All (1)October 5, 1966Ma Parker and her delinquent children are pulling off a crime wave in Gotham City. Batman and Robin round up the gang one by one, but when t - S02E10
Ma Parker (2)October 6, 1966Now in charge of the Gotham State Pen, Ma Parker and her jailhouse full of criminal cohorts use it as their base of operations. No one suspe - S02E11
The Clock King's Crazy Crimes (1)October 12, 1966After a robbery aided by a rigged timepiece, Batman and Robin deduce the Clock King must be in Gotham City. Disguised as a pop art expert, t - S02E12
The Clock King Gets Crowned (2)October 13, 1966Aunt Harriet purchases a clock as a birthday present for Bruce Wayne, unaware that it is a plant by the Clock King. But when the villain lea - S02E13
An Egg Grows in Gotham (1)October 19, 1966Egghead steals the Gotham City charter. He finds a loophole that could give him control of Gotham City if descendants of the original foundi - S02E14
The Yegg Foes in Gotham (2)October 20, 1966When the lease payment for Gotham City fails to be made on time, possession of the city falls into the hands of Egghead. Chaos ensues as the - S02E15
The Devil's Fingers (1)October 26, 1966Chandell, the musical virtuoso, visits Gotham City for a piano concert. But unknown to the public, Chandell is being blackmailed into a life - S02E16
The Dead Ringers (2)October 27, 1966Batman and Robin escape Chandell's trap. Once back in the Batcave, they deduce his plan to get the Wayne family fortune by killing Bruce Way - S02E17
Hizzonner the Penguin (1)November 2, 1966When Penguin runs for Mayor of Gotham city, Batman is persuaded to run against him. - S02E18
Dizzoner the Penguin (2)November 3, 1966The mayoral campaign seems to keep going the Penguin's way, but Batman is still confident despite the polls. - S02E19
Green Ice (1)November 9, 1966Mr. Freeze is in town, and has begun a new cold wave of terror. He launches "Operation Hate Batman," framing the Caped Crusader as taking a - S02E20
Deep Freeze (2)November 10, 1966The press continues to attack Batman and Robin, thanks to framing by Mr. Freeze. As public animosity mounts, the Dynamic Duo decide to hang - S02E21
The Impractical Joker (1)November 16, 1966Joker with the help of his mesmerizing box is stealing Keys. Batman and Robin try to stop him but end up trapped in Joker's giant Key making - S02E22
The Joker's Provokers (2)November 17, 1966Joker plans to take over Gotham City using a time machine and hallucinogens in the city's reservoir. Alfred arrives at the Water Works on hi - S02E23
Marsha, Queen of Diamonds (1)November 23, 1966Marsha, the Queen of Diamonds, is after the giant diamond that powers the Batcomputer. With her love darts, she puts both Commissioner Gordo - S02E24
Marsha's Scheme of Diamonds (2)November 24, 1966Hoping to obtain the Batcave's bat-diamond, Marsha searches for a new potion to use on the Caped Crusaders. Batman and Robin do some searchi - S02E25
Come Back, Shame (1)November 30, 1966Shame is back, and is using stolen vehicle parts to assemble a truck so fast even the Batmobile won't be able to catch him. Bruce Wayne tric - S02E26
It's How You Play the Game (2)December 1, 1966With his special truck finished, Shame goes to work on his final caper - the theft of four prize cattle worth over one million dollars. Batm - S02E27
The Penguin's Nest (1)December 7, 1966Penguin has opened a fancy restaurant called The Penguin's Nest. There every order has to be written down by the customers on a piece of pap - S02E28
The Bird's Last Jest (2)December 8, 1966Attempting to save Chief O'Hara from drowning inside a metal trunk, Batman and Robin find themselves under fire from the Penguin's henchmen. - S02E29
The Cat's Meow (1)December 14, 1966The Catwoman "steals" the voice of a television talk-show host in the middle of an interview with Bruce Wayne. She plants clues to suggest e - S02E30
The Bat's Kow Tow (2)December 15, 1966Catwoman "steals" the voices of Chad and Jeremy, Commissioner Gordon and talk-show host Allen Stephens. She blackmails the British governmen - S02E31
The Puzzles Are Coming (1)December 21, 1966The Puzzler, a villain with a fondness for both Shakespeare and aviation, indicates he is after the fortunes of Artemus Knab. He convinces t - S02E32
The Duo is Slumming (2)December 22, 1966The Puzzler continues with his plan to hijack Artemus Knab's new airplane, the Retsoor, all the while leaving puzzles behind for Batman and - S02E33
The Sandman Cometh (1)December 28, 1966Catwoman and the Sandman have teamed up, and they're after the fortunes of J. Pauline Spaghetti, a rich insomniac. Catwoman pulls a publicit - S02E34
The Catwoman Goeth (2)December 29, 1966A 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 - S02E35
The Contaminated Cowl (1)January 4, 1967The Mad Hatter has escaped from prison, and is on a quest to add Batman's cowl to his collection of hats. - S02E36
The Mad Hatter Runs Afoul (2)January 5, 1967With the world busy mourning the loss of Batman and Robin, the Mad Hatter has no trouble snatching a valuable ruby from the Golden Buddha of - S02E37
The Zodiac Crimes (1)January 11, 1967The Joker and the Penguin team up on a crime wave based on signs of the zodiac. The pair, aided and abetted by a woman known as Venus, keep - S02E38
The Joker's Hard Times (2)January 12, 1967Joker runs the Gothham City Police Department ragged with his crimes based on the zodiac. Meanwhile, Venus warms to Batman. - S02E39
The Penguin Declines (3)January 18, 1967Batman and Robin arrange for the Joker's former confederate, Venus, to stay at an apartment while they figure out what to do next. Meanwhile - S02E40
That Darn Catwoman (1)January 19, 1967Catwoman's stooge, Pussycat, drugs Robin with cataphrenic and recruits him into Catwoman's gang. Catwoman plans to raise a million dollars t - S02E41
Scat! Darn Catwoman (2)January 25, 1967Catwoman offers to free Batman if he joins her. He agrees but secretly takes a Universal Batantidote before Catwoman uses cataphrenic. Batma - S02E42
Penguin is a Girl's Best Friend (1)January 26, 1967As a front for his next crime wave, the Penguin forms a motion picture company. He teams up with Marsha, Queen of Diamonds, and gets Batman - S02E43
Penguin Sets a Trend (2)February 1, 1967The dynamic duo meet up with Commissioner Gordon to devise a plan to get to find out where Penguin hid the stolen mail armor. They ultimatel - S02E44
Penguin's Disastrous End (3)February 2, 1967Penguin locks his armor in Aunt Hilda's cave, then goes with his entourage to the Sub-Treasury for the final scene of his caper. Marsha dist - S02E45
Batman's Anniversary (1)February 8, 1967The anniversary of Batman's alliance with the law is disrupted by the Riddler and his gang, who steal the celebratory golden calf filled wit - S02E46
A Riddling Controversy (2)February 9, 1967Riddler has pulled another heist leaving another clue. The Duo race to the penthouse of a wealthy exiled South American dictator whom Riddle - S02E47
The Joker's Last Laugh (1)February 15, 1967When Gotham becomes plagued by counterfeit bills, Batman and Robin trace the money to a teller at the Gotham Bank who is actually a robot co - S02E48
The Joker's Epitaph (2)February 16, 1967The Joker escapes with a certificate from Wayne naming him as vice president of the bank. Commissioner Gordon asks Batman to nab Bruce Wayne - S02E49
Catwoman Goes to College (1)February 22, 1967Catwoman is paroled into the care of Bruce Wayne. She registers as a criminology major at G.C.U., but it's apparent that her fiendish follie - S02E50
Batman Displays His Knowledge (2)February 23, 1967Catwoman and her men successfully steal some opals, but discover that Batman has tricked them and the stones are only cheap imitations. - S02E51
A Piece of the Action (1)March 1, 1967The Green Hornet and Kato are in Gotham City to bust a counterfeiting stamp ring. Believed to be arch-criminals by nearly everyone, their mi - S02E52
Batman's Satisfaction (2)March 2, 1967Colonel Gumm moves out of the Pink Chip Stamps Factory, taking its owner Pinky Pinkston along as a hostage. A message hidden by Miss Pinksto - S02E53
King Tut's Coup (1)March 8, 1967Tut and his minions steal a jeweled casket from the Gotham City Museum, while Tut plans to claim his queen, the beautiful Lisa Carson, at Br - S02E54
Batman's Waterloo (2)March 9, 1967Lisa Carson's father has agreed to pay a huge ransom to Tut for his daughter. When Tut learns Batman is alive, he instructs the caped crusad - S02E55
Black Widow Strikes Again (1)March 15, 1967The evil Black Widow and her cohorts are behind a string of bank robberies, which Batman realizes are occurring in alphabetical order. - S02E56
Caught in the Spider's Den (2)March 16, 1967Black Widow turns her brain-wave short-circuiter with reversed polarity on the caped crusaders. Batman, who is still wearing his electrodes, - S02E57
Pop Goes the Joker (1)March 22, 1967Joker becomes a pop art icon when he disfigures a prominent artist's work and then wins an art contest by leaving his canvas blank. His plot - S02E58
Flop Goes the Joker (2)March 23, 1967Joker sweet-talks Baby Jane into forgiving him, as well as into giving him the entire Renaissance Collection from the Museum. He demands ten - S02E59
Ice Spy (1)March 29, 1967Mr. Freeze uses an iceberg to kidnap skating star Glacia Glaze and scientist Isaac Isaacson, who has developed a formula for instant ice, fr - S02E60
The Duo Defy (2)March 30, 1967Using the President's Congressional teleprompter, Mr. Freeze informs the country of his plans to demonstrate his Ice-Ray Beam.
Season03
- S03E01
Enter Batgirl, Exit PenguinSeptember 14, 1967Penguin schemes to marry Barbara Gordon in order to become Commissioner Gordon's son-in-law and thereby exempt from the law. But the commiss - S03E02
Ring Around the RiddlerSeptember 21, 1967Riddler, scheming to take over the fight game in Gotham City, poses as a prizefighter and challenges Batman. The evil Siren is on hand to as - S03E03
The Wail of the SirenSeptember 28, 1967Siren gets Commissioner Gordon under her spell and then goes after Bruce Wayne, whom she directs to give her the Wayne family fortune and ju - S03E04
The Sport of Penguins (1)October 5, 1967The Penguin teams up with newly-broke racehorse owner Lola Lasagne to rig the outcome of the Wayne Handicap race. They try to close a deal w - S03E05
A Horse of Another Color (2)October 12, 1967Needing money to bet on the Wayne Handicap, Penguin steals the priceless folio of famous parasols from the Gotham City Library and is prompt - S03E06
The Unkindest Tut of AllOctober 19, 1967King Tut has seemingly gone straight and is predicting robberies before they happen. The Gotham lawmen agree that Tut must be up to no good, - S03E07
Louie the LilacOctober 26, 1967Louie plots to control the minds of Gotham's flower children. Robin is subdued after sniffing Louie's alba vulgaria poison lilac and Batman - S03E08
The Ogg and I (1)November 2, 1967Egghead and Olga, Queen of the Cossacks, kidnap Commissioner Gordon for a ransom of a ten-cent tax on every egg consumed in Gotham City. - S03E09
How to Hatch a Dinosaur (2)November 9, 1967Egghead, Olga, and the Cossacks steal two pounds of radium so they can hatch a 40-million-year-old Neosaurus egg and take over Gotham City. - S03E10
Surf's Up! Joker's Under!November 16, 1967Joker kidnaps champion surfer (and Barbara Gordon's boyfriend) Skip Parker in order to steal his surfing abilities through a Transferometer - S03E11
The Londinium Larcenies (1)November 23, 1967After lifting the Queen's priceless collection of snuffboxes from a Londinium museum, Lord Marmaduk Ffogg and his sister, Lady Penelope Peas - S03E12
The Foggiest Notion (2)November 30, 1967Batman and Robin voice their suspicions of his Lordship and his sister, Lady Peasoup, to Superintendent Watson and Commissioner Gordon. Whil - S03E13
The Bloody Tower (3)December 7, 1967Batman and Alfred, in a cab, and Robin in the Batmobile, head for Ffogg's estate to rescue Batgirl. - S03E14
Catwoman's Dressed to KillDecember 14, 1967Catwoman disrupts a luncheon honoring Gotham's ten best-dressed women by detonating a Hair-Raising Bomb to frazzle the hairdos of all the la - S03E15
The Ogg CoupleDecember 21, 1967The terrible team of Egghead and Olga, Queen of Cossacks, steals the golden Egg of Ogg and the Silver Scimitar of Toras Bulbul. - S03E16
The Funny Feline Felonies (1)December 28, 1967Joker is paroled and teams up with Catwoman to steal a million pounds of dynamite, blow a hole in the Federal Depository, and haul out the m - S03E17
The Joke's on Catwoman (2)January 4, 1968Joker and Catwoman catch Batgirl and tie her up with patented Cat Whiskers rope which contracts when exposed to body warmth. - S03E18
Louie's Lethal Lilac TimeJanuary 11, 1968Louie the Lilac's gang kidnap Bruce Wayne and Dick Grayson for a hefty ransom. Batgirl attempts a rescue. - S03E19
Nora Clavicle and the Ladies' Crime ClubJanuary 18, 1968Under pressure from his wife, Mayor Linseed replaces Commissioner Gordon with women's-rights advocate Nora Clavicle. She promptly fires all - S03E20
Penguin's Clean SweepJanuary 25, 1968Penguin has infected a bin full of money with deadly Lygerian Sleeping Sickness Germs and a parcel of it has already gone out to the Nationa - S03E21
The Great EscapeFebruary 1, 1968Shame escapes from prison, thanks to Calamity Jan, Frontier Fanny, and a 300-horsepower Sherman tank. The Terrific Trio deciphers a coded no - S03E22
The Great Train RobberyFebruary 8, 1968Shame's bunch take on the Duo and Batman in hand-to-hand combat at the Pavilion and then escape. Shame plans to reenact the Great Train Robb - S03E23
I'll Be a Mummy's UncleFebruary 22, 1968King Tut lulls his psychiatrist to sleep and escapes in order to get at a vein of Nilanium, the hardest metal in the world, under Wayne Mano - S03E24
The Joker's Flying SaucerFebruary 29, 1968Joker has plans, drawn up with the aid of a mad-scientist cellmate, for building a flying saucer in which he proposes to sweep across the sk - S03E25
Season's bestThe Entrancing Dr. CassandraMarch 7, 1968As sorceress Dr. Cassandra tries to steal the valuable Mope Diamond from Spiffany's Jewelry Salon, she blasts Batman, Robin, and Batgirl wit - S03E26
Minerva, Mayhem and MillionairesMarch 14, 1968Minerva, glamorous owner of a mineral spa, uses her Deepest Secret Extractor on a customer to learn the combination to the Wayne Foundation
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