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Hidden in the shadows, The Batman casts a protective eye while tracking the thugs, thieves and criminal masterminds that claim Gotham City's dark alleys each night. In one magnificent swoop, he descends up on opponents and battles with a fierceness that seems almost inhuman. This is the young Bruce Wayne who assumes the role of Gotham's greatest defender in a fresh retelling of the Dark Knight's beginnings.
With incredible gadgets, awesome animation and a cool new vibe, these 13 exciting episodes from the hit series showcase The Batman taking on your favourite villains – The Joker, The Penguin, Mr. Freeze, Catwoman, Bane – and new crazies you'll love to hate!
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Fleurs du MalHigh-ranking Gotham officials begin to embrace environmental causes after the delivery of mysterious plants, and it becomes clear they're under the influence of ... Poison Ivy. - 02
ThunderMaximillian Zeus, a millionaire who is also a Greek history fanatic, takes control of Gotham from the sky after losing to Mayor Grange in a re-election. - 03
Gotham's Ultimate Criminal MastermindHugo Strange creates a AI database called DAVE (Digitally Advanced Villain Emulator), encoded with the minds of Gotham's greatest criminals, in order to better predict their crimes. However, DAVE breaks free and proclaims himself to be "Gotham's ultimate criminal mastermind".
Cast
Episodes by season
Season01
- S01E01
The Bat in the BelfrySeptember 11, 2004After stopping a heist by Rupert Thorne, Batman returns to the batcave to learn that all criminals in Arkham Asylum have mysteriously been r - S01E02
TractionSeptember 25, 2004Three mob bosses want revenge on Batman because he constantly took down their operations. They call in a very mysterious man named Bane to f - S01E03
Call of the CobblepotSeptember 18, 2004After a strange vulture starts to steal diamonds and jewels, Batman decides to find out who's behind this. It turns out that the crook is th - S01E04
The Man Who Would Be BatOctober 30, 2004A flock of bats lead Yin and Bennett to Wayne Industries, where Bruce has a scientist named Dr. Langstrom working on a project related to ba - S01E05
The Big ChillNovember 6, 2004Using his new ice powers, Mr. Freeze steals the most rarest and valuable diamonds all over Gotham. When him and Batman first cross paths, he - S01E06
Season's bestThe Cat and the BatOctober 2, 2004After ensuing in a lengthy chase with his new foe, Catwoman, Batman's utility belt gets swiped. Now, with his belt in the wrong hands, Batma - S01E07
The Big HeatNovember 13, 2004Batman meets Firefly, a man who dresses in a heavily-armoured fly ensemble and has a turbo-enhanced jet pack. Firefly breaks into numerous G - S01E08
Q & ANovember 20, 2004Arthur Brown, an intelligent man now calling himself the Cluemaster, plans revenge upon the people involved in the ""Think Thank Thunk"" gam - S01E09
The Big DummyNovember 27, 2004Arnold Wesker is a ventriloquist who controls Scarface, a living puppet that has a whole other personality. Together, they pull off bank hei - S01E10
Topsy TurvyFebruary 5, 2005Joker is out of Arkham. He's going after everyone responsible for getting him arrested, turning them into playing cards ... with the Batman - S01E11
Bird of PreyFebruary 12, 2005Penguin is jealous of Bruce Wayne's wealth and breaks into Wayne Manor. He kidnaps Alfred and ransacks the place while Bruce is doing an int - S01E12
The Rubberface of Comedy (1)April 30, 2005Joker's back in town and has a new invention, Joker putty, that can morph anything and everything into rubber or putty. Meanwhile, Chief Roj - S01E13
The Clayface of Tragedy (2)May 7, 2005Leaving of after the previous episode, Ethan transforms into the monstrous Clayface by Joker's putty. After having the whole town fear and l
Season02
- S02E01
Season's bestThe Cat, the Bat and the Very UglyMay 14, 2005During a museum robbery, a partnership is formed between Catwoman and Penguin. But when Penguin double-crosses Catwoman before she can doubl - S02E02
RiddledMay 21, 2005A mysterious villain known as the Riddler challenges Yin, secretly helped by Batman, to a number of riddles. Things are not what they seem f - S02E03
Fire & IceMay 28, 2005Firely and Mr. Freeze team up to put their devastating plan into action: permanently putting Gotham City in a never-ending winter. Once the - S02E04
The Laughing BatJune 4, 2005The Joker decides to take on the role of "Batman" and doses Bruce with Joker venom to create an arch-rival of his own. - S02E05
SwampedJune 11, 2005Killer Croc, a half-man, half reptile plans to submerge all of Gotham in water in order to facilitate his plundering of the city. - S02E06
PetsJune 18, 2005Penguin discovers a sonic device that allows him to turn Man-Bat into his personal slave. Meanwhile, Alfred must deal with a raccoon which h - S02E07
JTVJuly 9, 2005Joker pirates the airwaves of Gotham in order to broadcast his crimes on TV as entertainment. When Detective Yin's overzealous new partner t - S02E08
MeltdownJune 25, 2005Ethan Bennett is captured and put on trial for his crimes as Clayface. He's released on probation but finds the temptations of a criminal li - S02E09
The Butler Did ItAugust 20, 2005Spellbinder, a three-eyed mystic, with the ability to induce both hypnosis and visions, sets his sights on stealing the valuable Eye of Sark - S02E10
Ragdolls to RichesJuly 16, 2005Ragdoll, a triple-jointed contortionist, crosses paths with Batman and Catwoman while continuously trying to steal priceless artifacts. Also - S02E11
Strange MindsSeptember 3, 2005Joker takes Detective Yin hostage, but once captured he refuses to tell of her whereabouts. Convinced it's the only way to learn Yin's locat - S02E12
Grundy's NightAugust 27, 2005Solomon Grundy, a legendary zombie, emerges from a swamp on Halloween to wreak havoc on Gotham. But Batman and Alfred discover that there is - S02E13
Night and the CitySeptember 10, 2005Joker, Penguin, and Riddler battle over control of the city, until finally deciding to settle their differences by giving all of Gotham over
Season03
- S03E01
Batgirl Begins (1)September 17, 2005The story of how the Commissioner's daughter became Batgirl and how her best friend becomes Poision Ivy is told. - S03E02
Batgirl Begins (2)September 24, 2005Continuing where we left off in the first part, Barbara Gordon becomes Batgirl in order to save the commissioner, but does Batman really wan - S03E03
A Dark Knight to RememberOctober 1, 2005When the Batman takes a blow to the head during a fight with the Penguin, Gotham is left without its defender while an amnesiac Bruce Wayne - S03E04
A Fistful of FeltOctober 8, 2005After his most recent crime spree, Arnold Wesker is taken to Arkham and apparently "cured" by Dr. Hugo Strange. A new career as a children's - S03E05
RPMNovember 5, 2005A new villain, Gearhead, makes his first appearance robbing a charity race, and Batman soon finds himself forced to upgrade the Batmobile to - S03E06
BrawnNovember 12, 2005The Joker is on a rampage when he gets hold of Bane's injection system and turns himself into a rampaging beast. - S03E07
The Laughing CatsNovember 19, 2005When a rare Black Siberian Leopard is stolen, Batman and Batgirl suspect Catwoman and go to protect the second Black Siberian Leopard. But w - S03E08
Season's bestFleurs du MalNovember 26, 2005High-ranking Gotham officials begin to embrace environmental causes after the delivery of mysterious plants, and it becomes clear they're un - S03E09
Cash for ToysFebruary 4, 2006When Wayne Industries shuts down Cosmo Krank, a toymaker with a spotty safety record, the demented villain takes revenge by trying to shut d - S03E10
The ApprenticeFebruary 11, 2006Inspired by the Batman/Batgirl partnership, the Joker decides to recruit his own sidekick and gain a partner in crime. - S03E11
ThunderFebruary 18, 2006Maximillian Zeus, a millionaire who is also a Greek history fanatic, takes control of Gotham from the sky after losing to Mayor Grange in a - S03E12
The Icy DepthsMay 6, 2006The Penguin, Mr. Freeze, and Alfred's old school chum are all on the trail of a sunken treasure in Gotham Harbor. - S03E13
Gotham's Ultimate Criminal MastermindMay 14, 2006Hugo Strange creates a AI database called DAVE (Digitally Advanced Villain Emulator), encoded with the minds of Gotham's greatest criminals,
Season04Best season
- S04E01
A Matter of FamilySeptember 23, 2006After a young circus performer named Dick Grayson loses his parents to a criminal named Tony Zucco, Bruce Wayne adopts the young boy. Once B - S04E02
Season's bestTeam PenguinSeptember 30, 2006After watching a movie about criminal masterminds, Penguin gets the idea to form a team of Gotham's greatest villains in order to finally ta - S04E03
ClayfacesOctober 7, 2006After the Joker's plan to make all the dogs laugh like hyenas is thwarted by Clayface (Ethan Bennett), he plans to prove himself to Batman b - S04E04
The Everywhere ManNovember 4, 2006When evidence from a series of art thefts by the Everywhere Man, a new costumed villain with the power to replicate, implicates Bruce's clos - S04E05
The BreakoutNovember 11, 2006After Batman apprehends Black Mask, his henchmen plan to spring him from Gotham P.D. so that Black Mask can activate his doomsday device. Wh - S04E06
Strange New WorldNovember 18, 2006Hugo Strange infects the population of Gotham City with a virus that transforms them into zombies, and only Batman and Robin are left to fin - S04E07
ArtifactsFebruary 3, 2007A thousand years into the future, the citizens of new Gotham must uncover the history of the Batman in order to stop a new Mr. Freeze. - S04E08
SecondsFebruary 10, 2007The Bat Team goes up against an unstoppable thief who knows their every move. - S04E09
Riddler's RevengeFebruary 17, 2007The Riddler and Batman are dropped at the bottom of Gotham Harbor ... and the Riddler reveals his origins. - S04E10
Two of a KindFebruary 24, 2007When Harleen Quinzell is cancelled from her television program, Joker takes an interest and decides to groom her as his new partner in crime - S04E11
RumorsMarch 3, 2007The villains of Gotham City are disappearing, each one defeated and captured by an invisible vigilante named Rumor. Batman and Robin must de - S04E12
The Joining (1)April 28, 2007Bruce discovers that Wayne Industries is distributing alien technology across the world, and gains the aid of a mysterious new ally. - S04E13
The Joining (2)May 5, 2007Martian Manhunter's prediction of an alien invasion by The Joining has come true. As Batman tries to stop them on his own, he learns that ev
Season05
- S05E01
The Batman/Superman Story (1)September 22, 2007Batman and Superman find themselves teamed up when Lex Luthor begins his operations in Gotham City to take down his arch-nemesis, and employ - S05E02
The Batman/Superman Story (2)September 29, 2007Batman and Robin must battle Superman, who is under Lex Luthor's mind control, as the villain plans to launch a wave of robots and take over - S05E03
Season's bestVertigoOctober 6, 2007Batman welcomes another member of the Justice League to Gotham as he teams up with Green Arrow when Vertigo, a villain who can affect people - S05E04
White HeatOctober 13, 2007Perpetual loser Firefly tries to upgrade his powers with the aid of his new girlfriend Blaze, but is exposed to radioactive phosphorous and - S05E05
A Mirror DarklyNovember 3, 2007Batman and Robin team up with the Flash to thwart Mirror Master's plans to trap everyone in their own mirror image. - S05E06
Joker ExpressNovember 10, 2007Gotham citizens are bursting into hysterical laughter and dumping stolen goods into the river, and Batman is soon on the trail of the Joker. - S05E07
Ring TossDecember 8, 2007Green Lantern seeks out Batman's help in locating renegade Green Lantern Sinestro, but when the villain comes to Earth, the Penguin ends up - S05E08
The Metal Face of ComedyDecember 15, 2007With the help of a hacker, Joker's mind is downloaded into a computer, enabling him to control the new WayneTech Nanobots. This creates a ne - S05E09
Attack of the Terrible TrioFebruary 2, 2008A trio of college misfits use stolen mutagens from Dr. Kirk Langstrom to transform themselves into animal forms and get revenge on those who - S05E10
The End of the BatmanFebruary 9, 2008Wrath and Scorn, two twins of the Dynamic Duo, are helping the villains of Gotham City. But what happens when both Batman and Wrath uncover - S05E11
What Goes Up...February 16, 2008When Black Mask hires Hawkman's arch-nemesis the Shadow Thief to break him out of Arkham and assist in the theft of a meteorite, Batman must - S05E12
Lost Heroes (1)March 8, 2008The super-powered members of the Justice League begin disappearing one by one. Only Batman and Green Arrow are left to investigate and disco - S05E13
Lost Heroes (2)March 8, 2008The heroes fight their android counterparts to recover the Justice League's powers, while the Joining prepares for its final assault on Eart
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