The BEST episodes of The Batman season 1

Every episode of The Batman season 1, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of The Batman season 1!

A young Bruce Wayne is in his third year of trying to establish himself as Batman, protector of Gotham City. He is in his mid-twenties, just finding his way as protector, defender and Caped Crusader, while balancing his public persona as billionaire bachelor Bruce Wayne. Living in Gotham, a metropolis where shadows run long and deep, beneath elevated train tracks, this younger Batman will confront updated takes of familiar foes - meeting each member of his classic Rogue's Gallery for the first time. From the likes of Joker, Penguin, Catwoman, Mr. Freeze, Riddler and Man-Bat, among others, the war on crime jumps to the next level with a new arsenal at the Dark Knight's disposal, all operated and linked by an advanced remote-controlled invention he dubs the "Bat-Wave."

Last Updated: 9/25/2024Network: The WBStatus: Ended
The Clayface of Tragedy
star
7.65
103 votes

#1 - The Clayface of Tragedy

Season 1 - Episode 13 - Aired 5/7/2005

Batman is pitted against a new villain named Clayface, who can transform his body as if it were clay and impersonate anyone he chooses! Before The Batman can stop him, he will learn Clayface's shocking dark secret!

Directors: Seung Eun Kim
Writer: Greg Weisman
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The Rubberface of Comedy
star
7.58
107 votes

#2 - The Rubberface of Comedy

Season 1 - Episode 12 - Aired 4/30/2005

Joker wreaks havoc on all of Gotham with a new gizmo that can morph any object into rubber or putty. Meanwhile, the Chief of Police pressures his detectives to take down The Batman once and for all!

Directors: Sam Liu
Writer: Greg Weisman
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star
7.52
444 votes

#3 - The Bat in the Belfry

Season 1 - Episode 1 - Aired 9/11/2004

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.

Directors: Seung Eun Kim
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Bird of Prey
star
7.44
103 votes

#4 - Bird of Prey

Season 1 - Episode 11 - Aired 2/12/2005

While Bruce Wayne is busy being the subject of a "Day in the Life" segment of a television magazine show, Penguin pulls his latest heist--at Bruce's mansion! Alfred is taken hostage.

Directors: Brandon Vietti
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star
7.38
160 votes

#5 - The Big Chill

Season 1 - Episode 6 - Aired 11/6/2004

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.

Directors: Brandon Vietti
Writer: Greg Weisman
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star
7.36
236 votes

#6 - Call of the Cobblepot

Season 1 - Episode 2 - Aired 9/18/2004

Ozzy Cobblepot, aka Penguin, has delusions of rebuilding the lost Cobblepot fortune, via high-flying robberies employing various trained birds.

Directors: Brandon Vietti
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star
7.36
225 votes

#7 - Traction

Season 1 - Episode 3 - Aired 9/25/2004

The Batman battles the masked criminal Bane, and once Bane activates his chemical-steroid-infusion, Batman finds himself outmatched by brute strength.

Directors: Sam Liu
Writer: Adam Beechen
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star
7.34
171 votes

#8 - The Man Who Would Be Bat

Season 1 - Episode 5 - Aired 10/30/2004

Dr. Langstrom, a scientist in Wayne Industry's Genome Division, has been experimenting with bats, thus threatening to endanger Bruce's secret identity.

Directors: Seung Eun Kim
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The Big Dummy
star
7.33
108 votes

#9 - The Big Dummy

Season 1 - Episode 9 - Aired 11/27/2004

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.

Directors: Sam Liu
Writer: Bob Goodman
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The Cat and the Bat
star
7.33
187 votes

#10 - The Cat and the Bat

Season 1 - Episode 4 - Aired 10/2/2004

After a news report 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 Batman's utility belt!

Directors: Sam Liu
Writer: Adam Beechen
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Topsy Turvy
star
7.27
109 votes

#11 - Topsy Turvy

Season 1 - Episode 10 - Aired 2/5/2005

The Batman investigates a crime bearing the stamp of his archenemy Joker, despite the fact that Joker is currently, and has been, locked up in Arkham Asylum since Batman first put him there.

Directors: Seung Eun Kim
Writer: Adam Beechen
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The Big Heat
star
7.06
153 votes

#12 - The Big Heat

Season 1 - Episode 7 - Aired 11/13/2004

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.

Directors: Seung Eun Kim
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Q&A
star
6.74
140 votes

#13 - Q&A

Season 1 - Episode 8 - Aired 11/20/2004

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.

Directors: Brandon Vietti
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