Written by: Paul Dini
Directed by: Kevin Altieri
Originally Aired: October 15, 1994
DVD: Batman TAS, Volume 3
Summary: Finally declared sane and released from Arkham, Harleen Quinziel tries to put her criminal past behind her, and is actually successful… for ten minutes. Read more…
Written by: Robert Goodman
Story by: Paul Dini & Robert Goodman
Directed by: Atsuko Tanaka
Originally Aired: February 28, 1998
DVD: Batman: TAS, Volume 4
Summary: Robin becomes involved with a young girl, only to find that her father is hiding a dark secret.
Arc Notes: Clayface is captured by the authorities at the end of this episode; he eventually finds his way to crime boss Morgan Edge’s private collection at some point between this episode and Justice League.
Written By: Paul Dini
Directed By: Bruce Timm
Originally Aired: February 1, 1993
DVD: Batman: TAS, Volume Two
Summary: A small-time criminal finds himself the most wanted man in town after word gets out that he’s the mastermind behind the death of Batman (R.I.P.).
Site Notes: There will be a Weekend Aside tomorrow, but it might be briefer than originally intended; I’ll shunt the Superman #75 discussion forward a week. Other than that – Twitter for updates, subscribe to the feed, and don’t forget to hit the Retweet button. Read more…
Written by Michael Reaves
Directed by Kevin Altieri (who got a shout-out in Holiday Knights that I forgot to mention)
Originally Aired: May 9th, 1994
DVD: Batman TAS Volume 3
Summary: Batman gets wrapped up in “a bad Saturday morning serial”, as he re-unites with Talia al Ghul to prevent her father from obtaining an ancient Egyptian God’s secrets of immortality. Nary a blue furry to be found here.
Blog Notes: Just in case you didn’t notice this on the front page of the blog, you can follow this blog on Twitter to be notified whenever a new entry is posted. Also, I’m using Google Feedburner now, so the RSS feed is apparently all shiny, in case its original bare-bones look scared you off.
Written by Paul Dini
Directed by Dan Riba
Originally Aired: September 13, 1997
DVD: Batman: TAS, Volume 4
Summary: Harley and Ivy borrow Bruce Wayne for a shopping spree, Barbara Gordon encounters the world’s grumpiest Santa, and Batman and Robin have a rocking New Year’s. Oh, and Batman picks up a tab.
Written by Eddie Gorodetsky
Directed by Kent Butterworth
Originally Aired: November 13, 1992
DVD: Batman, TAS, Volume 1
Summary: Robin’s attempts to get Batman to take a night off to watch It’s a Wonderful Life get derailed as the Joker escapes from prison, kidnaps Commissioner Gordon and two others, and stages a holiday special of his own.
Teleplay by Dennis O’Neil and Len Wein
Story by Dennis O’Neil
Directed by Kevin Altieri
Original Airdates:
DVD: Batman TAS Volume 3
Summary: Batman must work with the mysterious Ra’s Al Ghul in order to find Robin and Ra’s’ daughter Talia. However, the kidnapping is merely a test by Ra’s to see if Batman is worthy of being brought into Ra’s apocalyptic schemes.
Written by Paul Dini
Directed by Yuichiro Yano
Originally Aired May 23, 1998
DVD: Batman, The Animated Series, Volume Four
Summary: An encounter with the Scarecrow plunges the entire Bat-Family into a nightmarish scenario, as both Batman and Commissioner Gordon are forced to take extreme measures to resolve the matter.
Arc Notes: We learn that Commissioner Gordon knows that Barbara is Batgirl.
Written by Judith & Garfield Reeves-Stevens
Directed by Dick Sebast
Original Airdate: November 3, 1992
DVD: Batman, The Animated Series, Volume One
Summary: After inhaling a large dose of Scarecrow’s fear toxin, Batman begins suffering nightmarish visions and is committed to Arkham Asylum.
Written by Marty Isenberg, Robert N. Skir
Directed by Boyd Kirkland
Originally Aired November 20, 1992.
DVD: Batman, The Animated Series, Volume Two
Summary: Batman continues his war on crime. Meanwhile, Batman investigates someone apparently playing a game of copycat. One of the two hides a shocking secret.
Arc Notes: Final appearance of HARDAC or its minions.
