The BEST episodes of The New Batman Adventures season 1

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

The series takes place two years after the last episode of Batman: The Animated Series. Batman has continued to fight crime in Gotham City, but there have been some changes. Dick Grayson has become Nightwing; Tim Drake has taken over the role of Robin; and Batgirl has become apart of Batman's team. But the Dark Knight's greatest villains continue to plague Gotham City, so not everything has changed.

Last Updated: 8/7/2024Network: The WBStatus: Ended
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Over the Edge
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8.52
238 votes

#1 - Over the Edge

Season 1 - Episode 11 - Aired 5/23/1998

During a fight with the Scarecrow, Batgirl is ambushed on a rooftop and falls to her death. Having watched his daughter's demise, Jim Gordon blames Batman for her fate and vows revenge, even recruiting Bane in the process.

Directors: Yuichiro Yano
Writer: Paul Dini
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Growing Pains
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8.18
219 votes

#2 - Growing Pains

Season 1 - Episode 8 - Aired 2/28/1998

Robin fights to protect a young girl with amnesia who is being stalked by her "father", who turns out to be Clayface. Having created the girl from his own body to scout out the city, he now intends to reabsorb her.

Directors: Atsuko Tanaka
Writer: Bob Goodman
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Never Fear
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8.13
316 votes

#3 - Never Fear

Season 1 - Episode 4 - Aired 11/1/1997

The Scarecrow develops a new toxin that, rather than inducing fear, eliminates it, making average people incredibly reckless and dangerous.

Directors: Kenji Hachizaki
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Joker's Millions
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8.04
248 votes

#4 - Joker's Millions

Season 1 - Episode 7 - Aired 2/21/1998

Crime boss Edward "The King" Barlow dies and in his will leaves his arch-rival, the Joker, a large fortune. Joker immediately goes on a shopping spree, even searching for a replacement for Harley Quinn, but realizes too late that all the money is fake.

Directors: Dan Riba
Writer: Paul Dini
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Sins of the Father
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7.86
366 votes

#5 - Sins of the Father

Season 1 - Episode 2 - Aired 9/20/1997

Young orphan Tim Drake becomes Batman's new ward when he becomes involved in one of Two-Face's deadly plots.

Directors: Curt Geda
Writer: Rich Fogel
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Cold Comfort
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7.80
300 votes

#6 - Cold Comfort

Season 1 - Episode 3 - Aired 10/11/1997

After the events in "Sub-Zero" Mr. Freeze has been forced to be bound to a new robotic body. His wife Nora has been revived, but believing him dead, she has remarried and left Gotham. If Freeze can't have a life of happiness, nobody can, so he begins lashing out at the city by destroying what people care about so they can feel the same pain he feels.

Directors: Dan Riba
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Double Talk
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7.72
243 votes

#7 - Double Talk

Season 1 - Episode 6 - Aired 11/22/1997

Arnold Wesker is released from Arkham, completely free of his Scarface persona. But Scarface's old gang, needing their old boss back, begin working to drive Wesker back to his old ways.

Directors: Curt Geda
Writer: Bob Goodman
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Holiday Knights
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7.62
424 votes

#8 - Holiday Knights

Season 1 - Episode 1 - Aired 9/13/1997

Three holiday-themed vignettes. (1) Poison Ivy and Harley Quinn kidnap Bruce Wayne and use his credit cards for a shopping spree. (2) While shopping for a gift for her father, Barbara Gordon spots a group of shoplifters that turn out to be portions of Clayface. (3) Batman and Robin race to stop the Joker from killing the crowd at the Gotham City New Year Celebration.

Directors: Dan Riba, Sam Liu, Sam Liu
Writer: Paul Dini
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The Demon Within
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7.34
237 votes

#9 - The Demon Within

Season 1 - Episode 10 - Aired 5/9/1998

Batman and Robin assist occultist Jason Blood when Klarion the Witch-boy takes control of Blood's alter-ego, Etrigan the Demon.

Directors: Atsuko Tanaka
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You Scratch My Back
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7.33
283 votes

#10 - You Scratch My Back

Season 1 - Episode 5 - Aired 11/15/1997

In an effort to further distance himself from Batman, Nightwing tries to go it alone to stop a smuggling ring and gets unexpected help from the seductive Catwoman.

Directors: Butch Lukic
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Torch Song
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7.32
235 votes

#11 - Torch Song

Season 1 - Episode 12 - Aired 6/13/1998

A lovelorn pyrotechnic engineer, Garfield Lynns, gets dumped by a big time singer named Cassidy. Lynns becomes the supervillain Firefly, bent on burning the woman who burned him.

Directors: Curt Geda
Writer: Rich Fogel
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Mean Seasons
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7.23
216 votes

#12 - Mean Seasons

Season 1 - Episode 9 - Aired 4/25/1998

Batman pursues an ex-model, who is now looking for revenge and calling herself "Calendar Girl".

Directors: Hiroyuki Aoyama
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Love is a Croc
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6.74
212 votes

#13 - Love is a Croc

Season 1 - Episode 13 - Aired 7/11/1998

Baby Doll becomes enamored of Killer Croc, and the pair forms a very unlikely yet very successful criminal duo. However, their partnership soon falls apart when Baby Doll learns that Croc is only using her to further his own criminal career.

Directors: Butch Lukic
Writer: Steve Gerber
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