Plot
As the future seems bleak for our beloved Boy Wonder, Bruce blocks the mechanical works of the mobile with himself and his chair, long enough for Robin to work himself loose and use one of the knives to deactivate the mechanism. Returning to see if the mobile has completed its diabolical duty, The Joker and his crooked cronies are jumped on by Bruce and the Boy Wonder. While they pin the henchmen to a wall with carefully thrown pallette knives, Joker begs for Baby Jane's forgiveness. Feeling sorry for him, Baby Jane arranges for his freedom, much to Bruce and Robin's astonishment. She then takes him back home with her, where, during a chicken dinner, Joker covers her priceless antique table with paint and has his henchmen chop it up. He convinces the gullible heiress that he has turned her table into a work of art, and she lets him replace the priceless Renaissance art collection in her father's wing at the museum with the table's painted remains. After snatching the collection, Joker puts through a call to Commissioner Gordon and demands $10 million for the paintings to be returned or he would burn the entire collection. However unknown to Joker, Batman replaced the stolen paintings with rather "childish" fingerpaintings by Alfred and when Joker removes the blankets from the paintings, he gets the shock of his life. Even more shocked by the sudden appearance of Batman and Robin, Joker retreats with Baby Jane, while his men take a good thrashing from the Dynamic Duo . Planning to revenge himself against Bruce Wayne and hoping to swipe some loot, Joker arrives at Wayne Manor, where he loses a duel with Alfred and runs into Bruce's study where he trips the switch to the Batpoles, hidden in the bust of William Shakespeare. Mistaking it for a secret passage, he slides down one of the poles. Thnking fast, Alfred activates the Emergency Batpole Elevator, sending the Clown Prince of Crime crashing to the top of the shaft. After a couple of trips up and down the pole, Joker finally gives up and is imprisoned while Baby Jane is safely returned home. Later, Alfred opens an exhibit of his "childish" paintings, with the proceeds donated to The Wayne Foundation Free Nursery.
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Appearances
Individuals
- Batman
- Robin
- Alfred
- Commissioner Gordon
- Chief O'Hara
- Mrs. Cooper
- The Joker
- Baby Jane Towser
Miscellanea
- This is the nearest Joker ever comes to fulfilling his hearts desire of uncoverning batman/bruce wayne secret identity. Fortunrly for Batman the Batpole signs are not in their usual places & the automatic custume changer is turned off {otherwise Joker would be wearing batmans custume!}; lastly Joker becomes so panic stricken and terrified at going up and down the Batpole he doesn't realize that hes going down into the Bat cave! His one last chance to expose Batman is when he and Penguin sneak into Batcave The Penguin Declines (in which the shows usual teaser) shows the Batpoles quite clearly in the Batcave; again fortunely for BAtman Joker misses this vital clue! (Ironically Joker cohort in crime Penguin also came close to exposing Batman's Identity when he tricked batman into taking a "bugged" umbrella into the Batcave; forutuenly for Batman Penguin was more interested in tricking Batman into planing crimes then using the bug to expose Batman identity; ironically it was other minor Supervillians who actually deduced Batmans identity King Tut and Egghead But Batman defeated their purpose of exposing him}
See Also
List of Batman (1960s series) Episodes
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