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| "The Bat in the Belfry" | 001 | The Joker | | |
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| After stopping a heist by Rupert Thorne, Batman returns to the Batcave to learn that all criminals in Arkham Asylum have mysteriously been released. Batman finds out that it's a crazed clown named The Joker who released them, and he plans to make a blimp full of laughing gas to explode over Gotham so that every citizen turns into a lunatic. It's up to Batman to stop him.
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| "Traction" | 002 | Bane | | |
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| Three mob bosses want revenge on Batman because he constantly took down their operations. They call in a very mysterious man named Bane to finish him off, once and for all. Bane may seem like a normal criminal, but he has a secret, a secret so powerful that it could destroy all of Gotham. After their first encounter, Bane easily takes down Batman, hurting him badly. Now, Batman must think of a new way to stop this menace.
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| "Call of the Cobblepot" | 003 | Penguin | | |
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| After 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 the rude and selfish Osward Cobblepot, aka Penguin, whom attends Bruce Wayne's party. Alfred tries to catch Penguin for his misbehavior at the party, but unfortunatley, Penguin catches Alfred. Batman must find Penguin's mansion and save Alfred, as well as defeat Penguin and return all the jewels and gems he's stolen.
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| "The Man Who Would Be Bat" | 004 | Man-Bat | | |
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| A flock of bats lead police to Wayne Industries, where Bruce has a scientist named Dr. Langstrom working on a project related to bats. In truth, Langstrom actually develops a serum that can turn him into the "Man-Bat", so people will fear him. Man-Bat goes out of control and flies out into the city, feeding on animal blood.
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| "Pretty Poison" | 005 | Poison Ivy | | |
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| When several buisinessmen and bachelors begin to end up in hospital after being mysteriously poisoned, Batman investigates the beautiful botanist Pamela Isley, an extreme eco-terrorist who is holding the men responsible for the extinction of a rare flower species. Batman must delve into the deadly garden of Pamela's super-villainess ego, Poison Ivy to get the antidote to save the victims.
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| "The Cat and the Bat" | 006 | Catwoman | | |
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| After ensuing in a lenghty chase with his new foe, Catwoman, Batman's utility belt gets swiped. Now, with his belt in the wrong hands, Batman must figure out how to find the cat burglar before she puts his belt to no good use.
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| The Torch Song" | 007 | Firefly
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| Batman meets Firefly, a man who dresses in a heavily-armored fly ensemble and has a turbo-enhanced jetpack. Firefly breaks into numerous Gotham companies, destroying their technology, and takes to the skies when Batman arrives. As the Bat finds out, he's no easy foe to bring down. Meanwhile, Bruce meets up with Mayor Grange, who tells him that he's going to have to give his father's charity work to GothCorp instead of Wayne Enterprises due to his lifestyle.
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| "Nothing to Fear" | 008 | Scarecrow | | |
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| Batman must stop a new adversary, fear psychologist, Jonathan Crane who has dubbed himself Scarecrow, from terrorising the university that excluded him for his unorthodox experiments on his students.
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| "Dummy" | 009 | The Ventriloquist | | |
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| Arnold Wesker is a ventriloquist who controls Scarface, a living puppet that has a whole other personality. Together, they pull off bank heists and Scarface promises this is their final one. Scarface, along with two knuckle head muscles, plan on stealing a gold reserve from Gotham Bank. Batman tries to stop the puppet and his lackeys. Meanwhile, Alfred plays matchmaker for Bruce.
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| "Topsy Turvy" | 010 | The Joker | | |
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| The Joker is out of Arkham. He's going after everyone responsible for getting him arrested, turning them into playing cards ... with the Batman being his main target.
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| "Bird of Prey" | 011 | Penguin | | |
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| Penguin is jealous of Bruce Wayne's wealth and breaks into Wayne Manor. He kidnaps Alfred and ransacks the place while Bruce is doing an interview. Batman arrives to help right in time, only to get chained up by Penguin as well. Can Batman find a way out of this crazy mess?
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| "Mad as a Hatter" | 012 | Mad Hatter | | |
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| Jervis Tetch, a scientist developing mind-controlling computer chips, becomes the psychopathic Mad Hatter when the woman he is obsessed with gets back together with her ex-boyfriend.
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| "Feat of Clay" | 013 | Clayface | | |
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| After an overdose of miracle cream to hide his scars made by a car accident, actor Matt Hagen transforms into a montrous shape-shifting creature, bent on exacting his revenge, even if it means going up against Batman.
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| "Heart of Ice" | 014 | Mr. Freeze | | |
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| Using his newly found powers, a vengeful Dr. Victor Fries (AKA: Mr. Freeze) hatches a plot against Ferris Boyle, the evil and heartless businessman who inadvertently created him and is responsible for the apparent death of his wife, Nora.
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| "If Your So Smart, Why Aren't You Rich?" | 015 | The Riddler | | |
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| Edward Nygma becomes the Riddler after being fired from his job by his crooked boss who stole Nygma's idea of the Minatour Maze and used it as his own. The Riddler lures Batman to his giant maze in attept to destroy him as well as his old boss.
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| "Vendetta" | 016 | Killer Croc | | |
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| Detective Bullock is framed for a crime by Waylon Jones, aka, Killer Croc, a man with a rare skin disease, who is out for revenge against Bullock for sending him to prison years before.
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| "The Rubberface of Comedy" | 017 | The Joker | | |
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| The Joker's back in town and has a new invention, Joker putty, that can morph anything and everything into rubber or putty. Meanwhile, Chief Rojas tells his Detectives to stop both Joker and the Batman once and for all, saying both of them have no place in Gotham.
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| "The Two-Face of Tragedy" | 018 | Two-Face | | |
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| Bruce Wayne's old friend, district attorney Harvey Dent, is involved in a freak explosion, burning and scarring half of his face. Realising that nothing in the world is fair, Dent uses a two-headed coin (one which features a scarred side) to decide every decision in his life. With his new found persona, he is Two-Face.
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| "The Cat, the Bat and the Very Ugly" | 019 | Penguin and Catwoman | | |
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| During a museum robbery, a partnership is formed between Catwoman and Penguin. But when Penguin double-crosses Catwoman before she can double-cross him, she and Batman have to stop Penguin before he unleashes his true plan: harnessing the power of Ra.
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| "Eternal Youth" | 020 | Poison Ivy | | |
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| Alfred and his old friend Petunia spend their time at a new spa resort. However, things aren't always as they seem, as Poison Ivy is using the spa to turn Mother Nature's destroyers into trees.
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| "JTV" | 021 | The Joker | | |
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| The Joker pirates the airwaves of Gotham in order to broadcast his crimes on TV as entertainment. When Detective Dawes' overzealous new partner tries to bring the Clown Prince of Crime down, he merely becomes The Joker's latest "co-star." Batman must find where The Joker is broadcasting from before he can carry out his plan to make Gotham die of laughter.
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| "Riddled" | 022 | The Riddler | | |
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| The Riddler has planted a string of riddles for one detective, an one alone, to solve them, otherwise certain parts of Gotham will be destroyed. Detective Rachel Dawes takes the case, with some secret help from Batman.
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| "Swamped" | 023 | Killer Croc | | |
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| Killer Croc returns and plans to submerge Gotham in water, so he can carry out his crimes easier.
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| "Pets" | 024 | Penguin, Mad Hatter and Man-Bat | | |
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| Penguin steals the Mad Hatter's latest mind control technology, which is supposed to be used on birds. However, Penguin ends up with a different one, and soon finds himself in control of the vicious Man-Bat.
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