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A young billionaire Bruce Wayne fights crime and evil as the mysterious vigilante, The Batman.

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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
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    The Batman Season 5 Episode 8 - The Metal Face of Comedy
    10.0/10(1 votes)

    #1 - The Metal Face of Comedy

    S5:E8

    A strange mishap causes the Joker's mind and personality to be downloaded into a computer, enabling him to control the new WayneTech Nanobots. This creates a new and improved body which attempts to destroy Batman, Robin, and the original Joker.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  2. The Batman Season 2 Episode 8 - JTV
    8.5/10(2 votes)

    #2 - JTV

    S2:E8

    Joker pirates the airwaves of Gotham in order to broadcast his crimes on TV as entertainment. When Detective Yin's overzealous new partner tries to bring the clown prince of crime down, he merely becomes Joker's latest "co-star." Batman must find where Joker is broadcasting from before he can carry out his plan to make Gotham die of laughter!

    Director:Seung Eun Kim
    Writers:Greg Weisman, Duane Capizzi

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  3. The Batman Season 3 Episode 8 - Fleurs du Mal
    8.5/10(2 votes)

    #3 - Fleurs du Mal

    S3:E8

    Batman investigates why high ranking Gotham politicians have abandoned plans for a new hospital in favor of preserving the city's green areas. It soon becomes clear they are under the influence of Poison Ivy.

    Director:Anthony Chun
    Writer:David Slack

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  4. The Batman Season 2 Episode 11 - Grundy's Night
    8.3/10(3 votes)

    #4 - Grundy's Night

    S2:E11

    Solomon Grundy, a legendary zombie, emerges from a swamp on Halloween to wreak havoc on Gotham. But Batman and Alfred discover that there is more to Grundy than there appears.

    Director:Brandon Vietti
    Writer:Greg Weisman

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  5. The Batman Season 1 Episode 8 - Q&A
    8.0/10(2 votes)

    #5 - Q&A

    S1:E8

    A series of bizarre and dramatic kidnappings lead Batman into the den of the Cluemaster, a washed-up and demented ex-game show champion.

    Director:Brandon Vietti
    Writer:Steven Melching

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  6. The Batman Season 1 Episode 9 - The Big Dummy
    8.0/10(2 votes)

    #6 - The Big Dummy

    S1:E9

    Batman's attempts to thwart the latest in a series of heists finds him pitted against a team being led by a ventriloquist and a puppet called Scarface. Meanwhile, Alfred plays matchmaker for Bruce.

    Director:Sam Liu
    Writer:Bob Goodman

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  7. The Batman Season 1 Episode 11 - Bird of Prey
    8.0/10(2 votes)

    #7 - Bird of Prey

    S1:E11

    Penguin breaks into Wayne Manor while Bruce is being interviewed for a TV show. Bruce must figure out a way to escape the cameras to become Batman.

    Director:Brandon Vietti
    Writer:Steven Melching

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  8. The Batman Season 2 Episode 7 - Meltdown
    8.0/10(1 votes)

    #8 - Meltdown

    S2:E7

    Despite intensive rehabilitation, Ethan Bennett once again takes the form of Clayface in order to seek revenge against Joker, the man who turned him into that monster. He's released on probation after standing trial for his crimes, but he may find the temptations of a criminal life too great.

    Director:Seung Eun Kim
    Writers:Michael Jelenic, Greg Weisman

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  9. The Batman Season 3 Episode 4 - A Fistful of Felt
    8.0/10(2 votes)

    #9 - A Fistful of Felt

    S3:E4

    After his most recent crime spree, Arnold Wesker is taken to Arkham and apparently "cured" by Dr. Hugo Strange. A new career as a children's entertainer lies before Wesker, but can he escape the shadow of Scarface?

    Director:Anthony Chun
    Writer:Steven Melching

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  10. The Batman Season 4 Episode 7 - Artifacts
    8.0/10(1 votes)

    #10 - Artifacts

    S4:E7

    A thousand years into the future, the citizens of new Gotham City are terrorized by a dangerous villain from the past. They must uncover the history of the Batman in order to defend themselves without him.

    Director:Brandon Vietti
    Writer:Greg Weisman

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  11. The Batman Season 4 Episode 8 - Seconds
    8.0/10(1 votes)

    #11 - Seconds

    S4:E8

    After a seemingly ordinary criminal continues to get the better of Batman and his partners it is discovered that he has the ability to travel back in time by several seconds. Batman is now faced with the seemingly impossible task of stopping a foe that knows his every move before even Batman himself does.

    Director:Matt Youngberg
    Writer:Steven Melching

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  12. The Batman Season 4 Episode 11 - Rumors
    8.0/10(1 votes)

    #12 - Rumors

    S4:E11

    The villains of Gotham City are disappearing, each one defeated and captured by an invisible vigilante named Rumor. Batman and Robin must defeat Rumor before he has a chance to execute the villains.

    Director:Matt Youngberg
    Writer:Joseph Kuhr

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  13. The Batman Season 4 Episode 12 - The Joining (1)
    8.0/10(1 votes)

    #13 - The Joining (1)

    S4:E12

    John Jones, a new officer in Gotham, claims to know the true identity of Batman. Batman must learn whether the officer is an ally or not. Meanwhile, Wayne Industries is distributing alien technology across the world.

    Director:Anthony Chun
    Writers:Jane Espenson, Douglas Petrie

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  14. The Batman Season 4 Episode 13 - The Joining (2)
    8.0/10(1 votes)

    #14 - The Joining (2)

    S4:E13

    Martian Manhunter's prediction of an alien invasion by The Joining has come true. After failing to save the city on his own, the Batman learns that even the greatest heroes have to sometimes rely on help.

    Director:Brandon Vietti
    Writers:Jane Espenson, Douglas Petrie

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  15. The Batman Season 3 Episode 3 - A Dark Knight to Remember
    7.7/10(3 votes)

    #15 - A Dark Knight to Remember

    S3:E3

    After a physical trauma causes him to forget he's The Batman, Bruce Wayne finds himself kidnapped by the Penguin. Batgirl sets out to rescue the "helpless" amnesiac billionaire, but is captured herself.

    Director:Brandon Vietti
    Writer:Joseph Kuhr

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  16. The Batman Season 1 Episode 3 - Traction
    7.6/10(7 votes)

    #16 - Traction

    S1:E3

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

    Director:Sam Liu
    Writer:Adam Beechen

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  17. The Batman Season 1 Episode 6 - The Big Chill
    7.5/10(4 votes)

    #17 - The Big Chill

    S1:E6

    Batman is on the trail of Mr Freeze, a villain who uses ice technology as a means of stealing the objects of his passion: the rarest, most valuable diamonds.

    Director:Brandon Vietti
    Writer:Greg Weisman

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  18. The Batman Season 2 Episode 1 - The Cat, the Bat and the Very Ugly
    7.5/10(2 votes)

    #18 - The Cat, the Bat and the Very Ugly

    S2:E1

    During a museum robbery, a partnership is formed between Catwoman and Penguin. But when Penguin double-crosses Catwoman before she can double-cross him, she and Batman have to stop Penguin before he unleashes his true plan: harnessing the power of Ra!

    Director:Brandon Vietti
    Writer:Greg Klein

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  19. The Batman Season 5 Episode 10 - The End of the Batman
    7.5/10(2 votes)

    #19 - The End of the Batman

    S5:E10

    The Batman meets his opposite in the form of Wrath and his partner Scorn who are helping Joker, Penguin, Killer Croc, and Ventriloquist and Scarface with a job. Batman and Robin must stop their evil counterparts.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  20. The Batman Season 1 Episode 2 - Call of the Cobblepot
    7.3/10(7 votes)

    #20 - Call of the Cobblepot

    S1:E2

    Oswald Cobblepot, the Penguin, has delusions of rebuilding the lost Cobblepot fortune with his birds that perform robberies.

    Director:Brandon Vietti
    Writer:Steven Melching

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  21. The Batman Season 3 Episode 2 - Batgirl Begins (2)
    7.3/10(4 votes)

    #21 - Batgirl Begins (2)

    S3:E2

    After a chemical accident transforms her into a half-human half-plant being, Pam Isley takes the name Poison Ivy and sets out to destroy Gotham's environmental polluters. Barbara Gordon becomes Batgirl in order to save her father, the commissioner.

    Director:Christopher Berkeley
    Writer:Unknown

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  22. The Batman Season 1 Episode 1 - The Bat in the Belfry
    7.1/10(12 votes)

    #22 - The Bat in the Belfry

    S1:E1

    Batman finds himself dealing with a new breed of criminal when Joker takes over Arkham Asylum, then plans to release a poisonous gas over Gotham City.

    Director:Seung Eun Kim
    Writer:Duane Capizzi

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  23. The Batman Season 1 Episode 7 - The Big Heat
    7.0/10(2 votes)

    #23 - The Big Heat

    S1:E7

    Batman finds himself on the trail of Firefly, a pyromaniac supervillain, while Bruce tries to secure a charity contract with Mayor Grange.

    Director:Seung Eun Kim
    Writers:Christopher L. Yost, J.D. Murray

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  24. The Batman Season 1 Episode 12 - The Rubberface of Comedy (1)
    7.0/10(1 votes)

    #24 - The Rubberface of Comedy (1)

    S1:E12

    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.

    Director:Sam Liu
    Writer:Greg Weisman

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  25. The Batman Season 1 Episode 13 - The Clayface of Tragedy (2)
    7.0/10(1 votes)

    #25 - The Clayface of Tragedy (2)

    S1:E13

    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:Sam Liu, Seung Eun Kim
    Writer:Greg Weisman

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Best Episodes Summary

"The Metal Face of Comedy" is the best rated episode of "The Batman". It scored 10/10 based on 1 votes. Directed by Unknown and written by Unknown, it aired on 12/15/2007. This episode scored 1.5 points higher than the second highest rated, "JTV".