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The Adventures of Batman

Action, Adventure, Children · 1968

Last aired: S1 E34, Opera Buffa · 1969-01-04

The Adventures of Batman, with Robin, the Boy Wonder! Batman and Robin, the Dynamic Duo against crime and corruption, whose real identities as millionaire philanthropist Bruce Wayne and his young ward Dick Grayson and known only to Alfred, the faithful butler. Ever alert, they respond swiftly to a signal from the police, and moments later, from the secret Batcave deep beneath Wayne Manor, they roar out to protect life, limb and property as Batman and Robin, caped crimefighters! Batman and Robin, scourge of Gotham City's kooky criminals: The Joker, Clown Prince of Crime - The Penguin, pudgy purveyor of perfidy - and the cool, cruel, Mr. Freeze! Watch out, villains, here come... Batman and Robin!

Cast

Season 1

E1 My Crime is Your Crime 1968-09-14 · 15 min Batman and Robin are thrown for a loop when they arrest Joker and Penguin for crimes they did not commit.
E2 A Bird Out of Hand 1968-09-14 · 15 min Penguin unexpectedly goes straight.
E3 The Cool, Cruel Mr. Freeze 1968-09-21 · 15 min Mr. Freeze causes havoc in his quest to ransom $1 billion from the city and he uses a captured whale for his caper.
E4 The Joke's on Robin 1968-09-21 · 15 min Robin seems to lose his skills after he rescues a man from drowning thanks to Joker.
E5 How Many Herring in a Wheelbarrow? 1968-09-28 · 15 min Joker raids technology firms to build a powerful solar mirror he can use as a laser weapon.
E6 In Again, Out Again Penguin 1968-09-28 · 15 min Penguin commits crimes and frames them on Batman even though he is supposedly incarcerated.
E7 The Nine Lives of Batman 1968-10-05 · 15 min Catwoman traps Batman and exposes him to a radioactive gas that will allow her to identify him in his secret identity. This episode features edited dialogue - in the show's syndicated run, as Catwoman and her henchmen pillage a jewelry exchange, it includes a line of narration, "The feline felon and her terrible tabbies indulge in an orgy of stealing." This was changed in subsequent prints to "a spree of stealing."
E8 Long John Joker 1968-10-05 · 15 min Joker makes a movie about pirates - cover to find the haul from a long-forgotten armored car theft.
E9 Bubi, Bubi, Who's Got the Ruby? 1968-10-12 · 15 min Bruce Wayne is captured by Penguin in the robbery of a valuable ruby. Unfortunately for Penguin, Catwoman is also after the ruby.
E10 1001 Faces of the Riddler 1968-10-12 · 15 min Riddler becomes an expert at disguises.
E11 The Big Birthday Caper 1968-10-19 · 15 min Riddler and Penguin try to expose Batman by staging a mammoth birthday party for him and wealthy businessman Bruce Wayne.
E12 Two Penguins Too Many 1968-10-19 · 15 min Real penguins wind up helping Penguin and Joker.
E13 Partners in Peril 1968-10-26 · 15 min A deadly contest is staged by Joker, Penguin, and Riddler to one up each other and gain control of Gotham City's criminal empire. Soon Catwoman gets involved.
E14 The Underworld Underground Caper 1968-10-26 · 15 min Riddler and Catwoman use an underground drill to commit robberies.
E15 Hizzoner the Joker 1968-11-02 · 15 min Joker runs for mayor of Gotham City and is able to win by rigging the voting machines.
E16 Freeze's Frozen Vikings 1968-11-02 · 15 min Mr. Freeze uses a Viking hoax to commit robberies.
E17 The Crime Computer 1969-11-09 · 15 min Penguin seizes a mammoth computer to use to outwit Batman and Robin.
E18 The Great Scarecrow Scare 1968-11-09 · 15 min Scarecrow steals a painting and captures Batgirl as part of his plot to dispose of the Dynamic Duo.
E19 A Game of Cat and Mouse 1968-11-16 · 15 min Catwoman steals the Crown Jewels, which Joker is also after.
E20 Beware of Living Dolls 1968-11-16 · 15 min Dollman uses his dolls to pull off a crime spree.
E21 Will the Real Robin Please Stand Up? 1968-11-23 · 15 min A youth who bears a stunning resemblance to Robin is used by Catwoman when he ends up with amnesia.
E22 He Who Swipes the Ice, Goes to the Cooler 1968-11-23 · 15 min Mr. Freeze's diamond heist goes wrong
E23 Simon the Pieman 1968-11-30 · 15 min A flamboyant criminal pastry chef named Simon the Pieman and his gang steal valuables under the cover of the fairgrounds after they had disposed of Joker, Penguin, Riddler, Catwoman, and Mr. Freeze.
E24 A Mad, Mad Tea Party 1968-11-30 · 15 min Mad Hatter starts an Alice in Wonderland-based gang in a plot to steal a priceless antique teapot to use as part of his mad tea party.
E25 From Catwoman with Love 1968-12-07 · 15 min Catwoman sends Batman a cat for Valentine's Day, a cat with a collar that gives off radio waves.
E26 Perilous Playthings 1968-12-07 · 15 min Catwoman and her henchmen crash the production of Tom Thumb in Toyland and use toy-based plots to defeat the Dynamic Duo.
E27 A Perfidious Pieman is Simon 1968-12-14 · 15 min Simon the Pieman steals four million Turkish coins and is pursued to an electrical plant.
E28 Cool, Cruel Christmas Caper 1968-12-14 · 15 min Mr. Freeze disguises himself as Santa Claus.
E29 The Fiendishly Frigid Fraud 1968-12-21 · 15 min A freak bombardment of meteors made of pure ice allows Mr. Freeze to stage a mammoth hoax.
E30 Enter the Judge 1968-12-21 · 15 min An international criminal who is incarcerated on the island prison Satan Island ends up escaping disguised as a judge when his pardon is denied. Now he is going around crashing criminal trials, gaining the Cosgrove gang and other low-level crooks as his jury henchmen in a plot to eliminate all crimefighters.
E31 The Jigsaw Jeopardy 1968-12-28 · 15 min Riddler plans to blow up Gotham's art gallery and winds up trapping The Caped Crusaders as well.
E32 Wrath of the Riddler 1968-12-28 · 15 min Riddler uses a construction site as his hideout.
E33 It Takes Two to Make a Team 1969-01-04 · 15 min Joker, Penguin, and Riddler are after an Inca treasure map. They plan to break up the Dynamic Duo by making Robin jealous of Batgirl.
E34 Opera Buffa 1969-01-04 · 15 min Joker seemingly traps Batman and Robin, but is haunted by their apparent ghosts when he tries to steal a valuable tiara at an opera.

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