Batman chases a howling Joker up a catwalk. Batman grabs the Joker, but fails to hold him as he was apparently wearing two sweaters, and simply wriggles out of one of them. Batman makes a tremendous leap, catching the bundled hostages and pushing them out of the way of the vat. After wiping the pie off, Batman advances on his nemesis, leading Joker to cut the rope. Batman opens the package to discover a spring-loaded pie, which splatters all over his face, to the Joker's hysterics. Joker threatens to cut the rope hoisting the hostages unless Batman opens his "present", a package wrapped in Batman-symbol wrapping paper. Suddenly, a large pair of curtains are drawn back, revealing Joker, who has Gordon, Gleeson, and Bullock dangling over a vat of hot molten plastic. But the cape is actually concealing one of the teddy bears, which falls over the railing and lands of the two thugs, pinning them to the ground.īatman leaps back down to the ground, telling Robin to keep an eye out for the Joker. At first, Donner and Blitzen are unsure of where the Dark Knight went, but they resume firing once they see his cape move across the bear pile. Using his grappling hook, Batman ascends to a higher level and hides behind a pile of gigantic teddy bears. Donner and Blitzen suddenly appear with machine guns and begin firing upon the duo. Batman smashes most of the planes with a baseball bat, and Robin manages to catch the remaining planes in an oil barrel. Suddenly, a number of toy planes fly towards them. Once they enter the factory, Joker, who has anticipated their arrival, sends out several giant robot nutcracker soldiers, which they dispose of rather easily. Batman recalls that these dolls are no longer sold, as Laffco, the toy company that produced them, has been out of business for the last fourteen years, and deduces that the Laffco factory must be the Joker's hideout. Joker then gives the Dynamic Duo a clue to his hideout by broadcasting footage of Summer Gleeson opening a "Betty Blooper" doll. Robin is quickly able to destroy the robots, allowing him to neutralize the cannon with a detonator. Upon entering, Robin discovers a number of Joker robots with gun fingers, who start firing upon him. Joker reveals that he has replaced the observatory's telescope with a cannon, which he fires upon Batman and Robin.Īs Batman draws the cannon's fire, which starts to shoot randomly at the city, Robin breaks into the observatory to disable the cannon. The Caped Crusaders head to the top of the mountain, and discover a radio transmitter left by the Joker. Batman determines that Joker's signal is coming from the observatory at the top of Mt. Robin uncouples the passenger cars, while Batman rescues the engineer just in time for the train to careen off the blown-up tracks and into the valley below. Batman and Robin hurry to intercept the train. Gleeson reveals that her mother is on the train, prompting a taunt from Joker. Joker's hired thugs, Donner and Blitzen, blow up one of Gotham's bridges, just as the 11:30 train is about to cross. Using the Batcomputer, Batman accesses Gotham's electrical mainframe and pinpoints the location of Joker's signal by tracking power surges. Joker tells the camera that if Batman isn't able to track him down by midnight, he will kill the three hostages. Joker tells the camera that because he does not have a family to spend the holidays with, he has kidnapped Commissioner Gordon, Summer Gleeson, and Harvey Bullock to serve as one. Joker is speaking to a "live" studio audience consisting of cardboard cutouts of Gotham's various public servants, including Batman and Robin. He announces that he is going to broadcast his assault on Gotham City as a Christmas special. After finding Gotham to be uncharacteristically peaceful, the Dynamic Duo return to Wayne Manor to watch It's a Wonderful Life when they discover that Joker has hijacked Gotham's television signals. Batman and Robin begin patrolling Gotham City to search for him, with Robin being skeptical of this particular patrol being worthwhile, opting to relax and get into the holiday spirit at Wayne Manor. On Christmas Eve, The Joker escapes from Arkham Asylum using a rocket hidden inside a Christmas tree. The episode marks the series' first appearance of The Joker, as well as the first time the character would be voiced by Mark Hamill he would go on to voice the character for many years in various animation works and video games. It was written by Eddie Gorodetsky and directed by Kent Butterworth. It originally aired on the Fox network in the United States on November 13, 1992. " Christmas with the Joker" is the second episode of Batman: The Animated Series. 2nd episode of the 1st season of Batman: The Animated Series " Christmas with the Joker"
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