The WORST episodes of Batman: The Animated Series
Every episode of Batman: The Animated Series ever, ranked from worst to best by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The worst episodes of Batman: The Animated Series!
The Dark Knight battles crime in Gotham City with occasional help from Robin and Batgirl.
#1 - The Underdwellers
Season 1 - Episode 27 - Aired 10/21/1992
Batman traces a series of bizarre robberies on the streets of Gotham back to a band of children - poverty-stricken outcasts who have been raised to do the bidding of their master, the Sewer King.
#2 - I've Got Batman in My Basement
Season 1 - Episode 20 - Aired 9/30/1992
During a fight with Batman over a stolen egg ruby, the Penguin douses Batman with gas, although he is rescued by a teenage "would-be" detective named Sherman and his friend Roberta, who hide Batman in Sherman's basement long enough for him to heal before the Penguin finds them.
#3 - Moon of the Wolf
Season 1 - Episode 36 - Aired 11/11/1992
Batman investigates the appearance of a werewolf-like creature in Gotham, not realizing that the monster happens to be one of Bruce Wayne's associates - Anthony Romulus, ex-Olympic champion. Behind the scheme is twisted chemist Professor Milo.
#5 - Fear of Victory
Season 1 - Episode 19 - Aired 9/29/1992
Several sportsmen start receiving strange letters in the mail, and having frightening hallucinations at their next game. At the same time, one man is making thousands of dollars betting on the events. Batman and Robin (the latter of whom becomes infected), start their own investigation, and come to the conclusion that someone else is continuing the Scarecrow's crimes, since the Scarecrow is currently locked up in Arkham Asylum. Or is he?
#6 - Be a Clown
Season 1 - Episode 11 - Aired 9/16/1992
Mayor Hamilton Hill's miserable son, Jordan, becomes even sadder when his father uses his birthday party as a political gathering, and ends up stowing away in the truck of the circus performer hired by Hill for the party, whom he doesn't know is actually the Joker in disguise. It is now up to Batman, whom Mayor Hill distrusts, to rescue the boy before it's too late.
#7 - Tyger, Tyger
Season 1 - Episode 30 - Aired 10/30/1992
Selina Kyle is kidnapped by an evil scientist who turns her into a real cat-woman.Selina Kyle is kidnapped by the villainous genetic engineer Dr. Emile Dorian and becomes his latest experiment to provide his man-cat hybrid named Tygrus with a mate. Batman learns of this and comes to the island to rescue Selina. He is captured and forced into a deadly game of cat-and-flying mouse as Tygrus hunts Batman through the island's jungles.
#8 - Cat Scratch Fever
Season 1 - Episode 33 - Aired 11/5/1992
Batman must stop Roland Daggett's plan to release a viral plague designed by Professor Milo into Gotham by way of its stray cat population. The case gains new urgency when Catwoman becomes infected with the virus during her search for her missing cat, Isis.
#9 - The Forgotten
Season 1 - Episode 23 - Aired 10/8/1992
While investigating the disappearances of Gotham's homeless in an undercover disguise, Bruce Wayne is kidnapped. Imprisoned in a chain gang mining camp and suffering from amnesia, will he be able to escape and free the rest of the prisoners?
#10 - Prophecy of Doom
Season 1 - Episode 22 - Aired 10/6/1992
Batman investigates a cult, called The Brotherhood, founded by the "mystic" Nostromos after hearing about a number of stories from his colleagues about his ability to predict the future. Batman finds out that Nostromos is actually a con artist who was rigging near-fatal accidents to gain the confidence of Gotham's upper class citizens. Can Batman expose this ruse before it's too late?
#11 - Terror in the Sky
Season 1 - Episode 37 - Aired 11/12/1992
When a man-sized bat ransacks Gotham harbor, Batman suspects that Dr. Kirk Langstrom is up to his old tricks, taking the Man-Bat formula again. Batman isn't the only one. Kirk's wife, Francine, is so distrustful of her husband that she decides to leave him. After further investigation, Batman discovers that this Man-Bat is not Kirk, but someone else.
#12 - The Terrible Trio
Season 4 - Episode 1 - Aired 9/11/1995
Batman tracks three wealthy playboys who commit crimes out of boredom.
#13 - Avatar
Season 2 - Episode 8 - Aired 5/9/1994
Batman must stop Ra's Al Ghul when he attempts to unleash the power of the ancient God Thoth Khepera.
#14 - Eternal Youth
Season 1 - Episode 16 - Aired 9/23/1992
Several rich industrialists are invited to the Eternal Youth Health Spa, and that's where they are last seen before disappearing. The only connection: they had something to do with the death of plants. Bruce Wayne also receives an invitation (although it was one of his greedy directors who nearly made the deal to destroy a rainforest before Bruce forced him to shut the operation down), but Alfred and his "lady friend", Maggie, go in his place. When they don't return, Batman is forced to investigate, discovering that the spa is run by Poison Ivy, and that she has been using a formula to turn the industrialists into humanoid trees, including Alfred and Maggie.
#16 - Sideshow
Season 2 - Episode 7 - Aired 5/3/1994
When pursuing the escaped convict Killer Croc, Batman encounters a small group of sideshow freaks who apparently trust Croc more than Batman.
#17 - The Clock King
Season 1 - Episode 14 - Aired 9/21/1992
After his company goes bankrupt (without a hearing), Temple Fugate takes up the mantle of the Clock King and pursues the one who he believes responsible for his loss: Mayor Hill, who merely persuaded Fugate to take a later coffee break, which ended in disaster. Can Batman rescue Hill in time, despite his dislike for the Mayor?
#18 - Blind as a Bat
Season 1 - Episode 54 - Aired 2/22/1993
The Penguin steals an experimental helicopter from an air show, causing an explosion that temporarily blinds Bruce Wayne. Batman knows he won't be able to wait until his vision returns to track the Penguin down, but will he be able to do so without the use of his eyes?
#19 - Batgirl Returns
Season 3 - Episode 8 - Aired 11/12/1994
Batgirl and Catwoman team up to investigate the theft of a rare cat statue.
#20 - On Leather Wings
Season 1 - Episode 2 - Aired 9/6/1992
When a horrifying bat creature terrorizes Gotham City, the authorities conclude it must be Batman and put out an all-points bulletin on the Dark Knight . Meanwhile, Batman's investigation leads him to the laboratory of Kirk Langstrom, a prominent zoologist, who has been experimenting with a formula that turns him into the Man-Bat creature. Not only does Batman have to capture Man-Bat in order to save Langstrom, but also to set the police straight and clear his name
#21 - See No Evil
Season 1 - Episode 56 - Aired 2/24/1993
Lloyd "Eddie" Ventrix is on the verge of losing his daughter, Kimberly, to his ex-wife, Helen, due to his past as an con artist. Determined not to lose Kimberly, Ventrix dons a suit, stolen from where he used to work while on parole, which grants the user invisibility but also becomes highly toxic, and poses as Kimberly's imaginary friend, Mojo, while stealing jewellery for her. Can Batman solve the mystery crimes and stop Ventrix, and at the same time, save his life, despite the fact that he can't even see him?
#22 - Christmas with the Joker
Season 1 - Episode 38 - Aired 11/13/1992
After escaping Arkham Asylum on Christmas Eve, The Joker takes over Gotham's airwaves and terrorizes the city. He then challenges Batman and Robin to find his hidden TV studio and free his hostages, Commissioner Gordon, Detective Bullock, and Summer Gleason, before midnight.
#23 - Birds of a Feather
Season 1 - Episode 52 - Aired 2/8/1993
Veronica Vreeland is looking for a way to create a splash with her next party and arrives at the idea of having a former criminal in attendance—especially if there's one whose manners would create a stir. Penguin, who has recently reformed, fits the bill perfectly. In the process of convincing the Penguin to come to her party, Veronica finds she likes the corpulent little guy. For his part, the Penguin begins to fall in love with her, until he overhears that he is merely being used...
#24 - The Cape and Cowl Conspiracy
Season 1 - Episode 25 - Aired 10/14/1992
Baron Jozek, furious at Batman for humiliating him at a dinner party (over Jozek's underworld connections), hires Josiah Wormwood, a master in setting traps for his victims, to hunt down Batman and bring back the hero's cape and cowl.
#25 - Showdown
Season 4 - Episode 2 - Aired 9/12/1995
Batman and Robin learn about the exploits of Jonah Hex an Old West crimefighter who once dealt with the immortal Ra's Al Ghul.