GUIDES

Continue below to check out the episode guide for the The Batman animated series. Details include release dates, loglines and more.

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Episode #1 - The Bat in the Belfry
Original Airdate - September 11th, 2004 - Series Premiere
The Batman finds himself dealing with a new breed of criminal when Joker takes over Arkham Asylum then plans to fly a hot air balloon filled with Joker Gas--a toxin that leaves its victims in a strange "rictus" state--and release its contents all over Gotham!

Episode #2 - Traction
Original Airdate - September 25th, 2004
The Batman battles the masked criminal Bane, and once Bane activates his chemical-steroid-infusion, Batman finds himself outmatched by brute strength.

Episode #3 - The Call of the Cobblepot
Original Airdate - September 18th, 2004
"Ozzy" Cobblepot, aka Penguin, has delusions of rebuilding the lost Cobblepot fortune, via high-flying robberies employing various trained birds. Unaware of Cobblepot's criminal plans, Alfred goes to the dilapidated Cobblepot mansion where he is ensnared by Ozzy. Penguin will let his hungry birds feast upon Alfred, unless The Batman can rescue him in time.

Episode #4 - The Man Who Would Be Bat
Original Airdate - October 30th, 2004
Dr. Langstrom, a scientist in Wayne Industry's Genome Division, has been experimenting with bats, thus threatening to endanger Bruce's secret identity. But before Bruce can stop him, Dr. Langstrom gives himself the experimental serum he's been concocting and transforms into the hideous Man-Bat, before flying off to wreak havoc across Gotham!

Episode #5 - The Big Chill
Original Airdate - November 6th, 2004
The Batman is on the trail of Mr. Freeze, a villain who uses his ice technology as a means of stealing the objects of his passion: the rarest, most valuable diamonds.

Episode #6 - The Cat and the Bat
Original Airdate - October 2nd, 2004
After a news reports erroneously links her with The Batman, Selina Kyle, the cat burglar known as Catwoman, decides she wants to meet her nighttime counterpart. After luring her prey, Catwoman steals The Batman's utility belt.

Episode #7 - The Big Heat
Original Airdate - November 13th, 2004
While on the trail of Firefly, an arsonist/supervillain who uses refined flame-throwing technology and a jet-pack, Bruce Wayne must tend to issues with Mayor Grange and the Wayne Foundation. With Firefly at large, how can Bruce be at two places at once?

Episode #8 - Q&A
Original Airdate - November 20th, 2004
The Batman engages in a game of wits with Cluemaster: a precocious ex-'quiz kid' bent on revenge against the game show producers he's accused of rigging his defeat. Cluemaster plans a rematch for those involved. Only this time, a wrong answer means their demise.

Episode #9 -The Big Dummy
Original Airdate - November 27th, 2004
The Batman's attempt to thwart the latest in a series of heists pits him against a team led by a ventriloquist carrying a puppet named Scarface - who by all indications is the brains of the operation.

Episode #10 - Topsy Turvey
Original Airdate - February 5th, 2005
The Batman investigates a crime bearing the stamp of his arch-enemy The Joker, despite the fact that Joker is currently and has in fact remained locked up in Arkham since Batman first put him there. A trail of victims encased in larger than life playing cards leads The Batman to the bizarre truth!

Episode #11 - Bird of Prey
Original Airdate - February 12th, 2005
While Bruce Wayne is busy being the subject of a 'Day in the Life' segment of a TV magazine show, The Penguin pulls his latest heist - on the mansion of Bruce Wayne himself! Alfred is taken hostage and Bruce must now find a way to get away and become The Batman - away from the watchful TV cameras.

Episode #12 - The Rubberface of Comedy, Part 1
Original Airdate - April 30th, 2005
Joker wreaks havoc on all of Gotham with a new gizmo which can morph any object into rubber or putty, while the Chief of Police pressures his detectives to take down The Batman, once and for all.

Episode #13 - Clayface of Tragedy, Part 2
Original Airdate - May 7th, 2005
Batman faces off against a new villain named Clayface, who can transform his body as if it were clay and impersonate people of his choosing. Before The Batman can stop him, he will learn Clayface's shocking dark secret.