Batman: The Animated Series, a brbtv report

Season 4

"The Terrible Trio”

September 11, 1995

Written by Alan Burnett and Michael Reaves; directed by Frank Paur.

Dressed up as a fox, shark and vulture — predators of land, sea and air — three spoiled, rich frat brats thrill-seek their way around Gotham on criminal rampages. The Fox, Warren Lawford, floats his girlfriend Rebecca Fallbrook a loan then figures he’ll get it back by robbing her daddy. But Daddy Sheldon Fallbrook catches the Terrible Trio in the act. They flee the scene with Batman on their tail(s). Bruce, meanwhile, has suspicions about his three Delta Sigma Alpha friends. The three guys are blond, brunette and redhead, and the redhead (the Fox) is voiced by a well-known redhead, Bill Mumy of “Lost in Space” fame. Gunther Hardwicke / the Shark is Peter Scolari, Armand Lydecker / the Vulture is David Jolliffe, and Sheldon Fallbrook is Hector Elizondo.

"Showdown”

September 12, 1995

Written by Kevin Altieri, Tony Dezuniga (character of Jonah Hex), Paul Dini, Joe R. Lansdale and Bruce W. Timm; directed by Kevin Altieri.

Ra’s al Ghul leaves Batman and Robin an audiotape that tells them an Old Western tale set in 1883, where a deformed bountyhunter named Jonah Hex comes into a saloon looking for Arkady Duvall for crimes against a girl back East. Duvall is under the employ of Ra’s al Ghul as Ra’s is trying to protect the Western land from government expansion. When they flash back to the present, Batman and Robin discover what Ra’s true interest is in Arkady Duvall, aging despite his own turn in the Lazarus Pits long ago, and now being taken from a rest home by Ra’s and Ubu. Senator Patrick Leahy voices the governor who drives the golden spike into the famous transcontinental railroad in the Old West flashback. Malcolm McDowell, who also did some voices on the “Superman” series, is Arkady Duvall (whose first name is spelled with the “k” in the flier shown during the Old West flashback but spelled with a “c” in the show’s closing credits).

"Catwalk”

September 13, 1995

Written by Paul Dini; directed by Boyd Kirkland.

Selina Kyle is feeling quite out-of-sorts after being forced to give up her Catwoman persona. She attends Veronica Vreeland’s society party at the museum and finds herself going toe-to-toe with the hostess over old man Stanton Vreeland’s penchant for killing wild game. On the way home, she’s abducted by the Ventriloquist and Scarface, who entice her with a scheme to steal some Vreeland jewels and thereby exact some revenge. But it’s a setup for Catwoman, who must slink her way out of the museum. Batman tracks her down later, and they team up to do some investigating, learning that it was the stuffed wild game at the museum that Scarface was really after.

"A Bullet for Bullock”

September 14, 1995

Written by Chuck Dixon (comic story) and Michael Reaves; directed by Frank Paur.

Harvey Bullock begrudgingly enlists the aid of Batman to find out who’s trying to kill him. Batman comes up with the name Vinnie “the Shark” Starkey. Bullock also tries to get help from Summer Gleeson, who’s quickly turned off by the whole thing. When Batman helps Bullock bring in Vinnie, it’s still not certain the Shark is actually the one who’s been sending those threatening letters. This is a Christmastime episode.

"The Lion and the Unicorn”

September 15, 1995

Written by Diane Duane, Philip Morwood and Steve Perry; directed by Boyd Kirkland.

Alfred’s “cousin” Frederick calls him to a meeting, and Alfred realizes it’s a setup. He calls Bruce from London, but then is whisked away to Red Claw. She’s after the half of the firing code Alfred and Frederick each have (a holdout from their days in the British secret services) for a missile silo. Batman and Robin chase the trail to London as Red Claw threatens to fire the warhead on London. Frederick is voiced by Roy Dotrice, while Bert is Adam Ant.

What would be considered Season 5 for the show had no new episodes; the existing episodes continued to air.
In September 1996, the same creative team that produced “Batman: The Animated Series” decided to continue the success with “Superman,” which, though it had the same general look, was appropriately lighter in color and tone (just as it was always night in Gotham City, it was always day in Metropolis!).
In 1997, both shows were combined for “The New Batman Superman Adventures” (the original title, “Batman: Gotham Knights” was scrapped, Paul Dini says). The show moved from the Fox Kids network to the Kids WB! The two seasons of “The New Batman Adventures,” covered in a different BRBTV Report, can be considered Seasons 6 and 7 of this animated series.


A little Batfun: The Batboat appears at the Motor City Comic Con in Novi, Michigan, in May 2006 – complete with its own Batman and Robin! The event was honoring the Batlore that year, with Adam West, Burt Ward and Yvonne Craig signing autographs across the convention hall. Also in attendance was a car just like the Batmobile (which can’t legally call itself the Batmobile!).

Cast

The celebrity appearances on “Batman: The Animated Series” are rich and vast! This list is arranged alphabetically by the first name of the character. For one-time appearances, the episode name is included. Note that this list is based chiefly on actual viewing of the episodes and their closing credits, and there may be discrepancies in spelling from the comics and other traditional Bat-lore.

Alfred Pennyworth … Clive Revill / Efrem Zimbalist Jr.

Alice (“Mad as a Hatter”) … Kimmy Robertson

Andrea (“Moon of the Wolf”) … Janet May

Anthony Romulus (“Moon of the Wolf”) … Harry Hamlin

Arkady Duvall (“Showdown”) … Malcolm McDowell

Baby-Doll / Mary Louise Dahl (“Baby-Doll”) … Alison La Placa

Bane … Henry Silva / Hector Elizondo

Baron Waclaw Jozek (“The Cape and Cowl Conspiracy”) … John Rhys-Davies

Batgirl / Barbara Gordon … Melissa Gilbert / Tara Charendoff-Strong / Mary Kay

Bergman

Batman / Bruce Wayne … Kevin Conroy

Bat-Mite … Pat Fraley

Beechum (“Paging the Crime Doctor”) … Gary Kroeger

Bert (“The Lion and the Unicorn”) … Adam Ant

Billy (“Mudslide”) … Rob Clotworthy)

Billy the Seal Boy (“Sideshow”) … Whitby Hertford

Boseman (“Fear of Victory”) … Chuck Moshontz

Boss Biggis (“The Forgotten”) … George Murdock

Boxy Bennett … Dick Miller

Brenda (“Riddler’s Reform”) … Patricia Alice Albrecht

Brian (“Fear of Victory”) … Brian Mitchell

Brian Daly (“Baby-Doll”) … Robbie Rist

Cameron Kaiser (“Joker’s Wild”) … Harry Hamlin

Candice (“Bane”)… Diane Michelle

Catwoman / Selina Kyle … Adrienne Barbeau

Charles Baxter (“Riddler’s Reform”) … Peter Mark Richman

Chemist (“Batgirl Returns”) … Scott Valentine

Chris Carlyle (“House & Garden”) … Scott McAfee

Chubb (“Paging the Crime Doctor”) … George Dzundza

Cindy (“House & Garden”) … Megan Mullally

Clayface / Matt Hagen … Ron Perlman

Clio (“Fire From Olympus”) … Bess Armstrong

Clock King / Temple Fugate … Alan Rachins

Commissioner James Gordon … Bob Hastings

Computer in the Batcave … Richard Moll / Jeff Bennett

Condiment King / Buddy Standler (“Make ‘Em Laugh”) … Stuart Pankin

Crocker (“Appointment in Crime Alley”) … Jeffrey Tambor

Dan Riley (“The Forgotten”) … Dorian Harewood

Daniel Mockridge (“If You’re So Smart …”) … Gary Frank

Dana Blessing (“The Worry Men”) … Vernee Watson-Johnson

Dicky the thug (“Bane”)… Joe Lala

Dr. Bartholomew … Richard Dysart

Dr. Hugo Strange … Raymond Buktenica

Dr. Joan Leland … Suzanne Stone

Dr. Lee (“Blind as a Bat”) … Haunani Minn

Dr. Leslie Thompkins … Diana Muldaur

Dr. March … Rene Auberjonois

Dr. Marcia Cates (“Mad as a Hatter”) … Loretta Swit

Dr. Nora Crest (“Second Chance”)… Linda Gary

Dr. Wataki (“Time Out of Joint”) … Roscoe Lee Browne

Dr. Wu (“Dreams in Darkness”) … Takayo Fischer

Driller (“P.O.V.”) … Ron Perlman

Eagleton … John DeLancie

Earl Cooper (“The Mechanic”) … Paul Winfield

Elliott (“See No Evil”) … Dick Erdman

Ernie (“The Lion and the Unicorn”) … Richard Doyle

Ethan Clark (“Prophecy of Doom”) … William Windom

Falcone … Walter Olkewicz

Fiancee in the film (“Mudslide”) … Marcia Wallace

Firefly / Garfield Lynns … Mark Rolston

Fox / Warren Lawford (“The Terrible Trio”) … Bill Mumy

Francine March Langstrom … Meredith MacRae

Frank (“I’ve Got Batman in My Basement”) … Richard Gilliland

Frankie (“Second Chance”) … Matt Landers

Frederick (“The Lion and the Unicorn”) … Roy Dotrice

G. Carl Francis (“The Laughing Fish”) … George Dzundza

Geena (“Old Wounds”) … Pamela Hayden

General Vreeland (“Harley’s Holiday”) … Frank Cover

Germs (“Feat of Clay”) … Ed Begley Jr.

Gil Mason (“Shadow of the Bat”) … Tim Matheson

Gilbert (“Batgirl Returns”) … Roger Rose

Goliath (“Sideshow”) … Brad Garrett

Governor (“Showdown”) … Senator Patrick Leary

Grant Walker (“Deep Freeze”)… Daniel O’Herlihy

Guru (“Never Fear”) … Charles Rocket

Hackle (“P.O.V.”) … John Considine

HARDAC the computer … Jeff Bennett

Harley Quinn / Dr. Harleen Quinzel … Arleen Sorkin

Hartness (“See No Evil”) … Ken Howard

Harvey Bullock … Robert Costanza

Hayden Sloane (“The Worry Men”) … Levar Burton

Helen Ventrix (“See No Evil”) … Jean Smart

Henchman (“Fear of Victory”) … Tim Curry

Hoffman (“Paging the Crime Doctor”) … Rodger Bumpass

Irving (“Joker’s Wild”) … Brion James

Isis, cat of Selina Kyle … Frank Welker

Ivan (“The Forgotten”) … Ian Patrick Williams

Jack Ryder … Jeff Glen Bennett

Jaguar Shaman (“The Worry Men”) … Roger Rose

Jake (“Birds of a Feather”) … Neil Ross

Janet Van Dorn … Lynette Mettey / Stephanie Zimbalist

Jason Blood / the Demon Etrigan … Billy Zane

Jay (“I’ve Got Batman in My Basement”) … Rob Paulsen

Jazzman (“I Am the Night”) … Brian George

Jekko the Clown (“Be a Clown”) … Jim Cummings

Jest (“The Last Laugh”) … Pat Fraley

John Hamner (“Moon of the Wolf”) … Peter Scolari

Joker … Mark Hamill

Jordan Hill (“Be a Clown”) … Justin Shenkarow

Josiah Wormwood … Bud Cort

Judge … Malachi Throne

Judge Maria Vargas … Carmen Zapata

June (“Sideshow”) … JoBeth Williams

Kairi (“Day of the Samurai”) … Julia Kato

Karl Rossum … William Sanderson

Kelly Carlyle (“House & Garden”) … Christopher Pickering

Killer Croc / Waylon Jones … Aron Kincaid / Brooks Gardner

Kimmy (“See No Evil”) … Elizabeth Moss

Kirk Langstrom / Man-Bat … Marc Singer

Kyodai Ken … Robert (Bob) Ito

Lily (“Eternal Youth”) … Julie Brown

Lisa Clark (“Prophecy of Doom”) … Heather Locklear

Lloyd Ventrix (“See No Evil”) … Michael Gross

Lock-Up / Lyle Bolton … Bruce Weitz

Lucas (“Prophecy of Doom”) … Aron Kincaid

Lucius Fox … Mel Winkler / Brock Peters

M2 (“The Lion and the Unicorn”) … Kenneth Mars

M3 (“The Lion and the Unicorn”) … B.J. Ward

Mad Dog (“Shadow of the Bat”) … Greg Burson

Mad Hatter / Jervis Tetch … Roddy McDowell

Madman (“Appointment in Crime Alley”) … Bob Ridgely

Maggie (“Appointment in Crime Alley”) … Angel Harper

Maggie Page (“Eternal Youth”) … Paddy Edwards

Manager (“Read My Lips,” “Make ‘Em Laugh”) … Joe Piscopo

Manny (“Riddler’s Reform”) … Robert Pastorelli

Marva Cooper (“The Mechanic”) … Candy Brown

Matthew Thorne (“Paging the Crime Doctor”) … Joseph Campanella

Maven … Mary McDonald-Lewis

Maximillian “Maxie” Zeus … Steve Susskind

May (“Sideshow”) … JoBeth Williams

Mayor Hamilton Hill … Lloyd Bochner

McWhirter (“The Cape and Cowl Conspiracy”) … Mark Taylor

Mighty Mom / Lisa Lorraine (“Make ‘Em Laugh”) … Andrea Martin

Milo (“Moon of the Wolf”) … Treat Williams

Miriam (“Baby-Doll”) … Tasia Valenza

Miss Perkins (“The Clock King”) … Jane Alan

Monk (“I Am the Night”) … Sal Viscuso

Montague Kane (“Zatanna”) … Michael York

Mr. Freeze / Victor Fries … Michael Ansara

Mrs. Grant (“I’ve Got Batman in My Basement”) … Lindsay Crouse

Nick (“I’ve Got Batman in My Basement”) … Adam Carl

Nitro (“Appointment in Crime Alley”) … David L. Lander

Nivens (“A Bullet for Bullock”) … Jeffrey Jones

Nostromos / Carl Fowler (“Prophecy of Doom”) … Michael Des Barres

Pack Rat / Harry Loomis (“Make ‘Em Laugh”) … Grant Shaud

Penguin / Oswald Cobblepot … Paul Williams

Pierce (“Birds of a Feather”) … Sam McMurray

Poison Ivy / Pamela Isley … Diane Pershing

Ra’s Al Ghul … David Warner

Randa Duane (“Heart of Steel”) … Leslie Easterbrook

Ratso (“Read My Lips”) … Neil Ross

Rebecca Fallbrook (“The Terrible Trio”) … Khrystyne Haje

Red (“Zatanna”) … Bruce Timm

Red Claw … Kate Mulgrew

Renee Montoya … Ingrid Oliu / Liane Schirmer

Rhino … Earl Boen

Riddler / Edward Nygma … John Glover

Richard (“Sideshow”) … Kenneth Mars

Roberta (“I’ve Got Batman in My Basement”) … Denise Marco

Robin / Dick Grayson / Nightwing … Loren Lester

Robin / Tim Drake … Matthew Valencia

Rocco (“The Laughing Fish”) … Robert Costanzo

Roland Daggett … Ed Asner

Romulus (“Moon of the Wolf”) … Harry Hamlin

Rosie (“A Bullet for Bullock”) … Greg Berger

Roxy Rocket / Roxanne Sutton … Charity James

Rundle (“The Mechanic”) … Steve Franken

Rupert Thorne … John Vernon

Salvo Smith (“The Forgotten”) … Lorin Dreyfuss

Sam Giddell (“See No Evil”) … Danny Goldman

Saunders (“House & Garden”) … Jim Cummings

Scarecrow / Dr. Jonathan Crane … Henry Polic II / Jeffrey Combs

Scarface (“P.O.V.”) … Marc Tubert

Sensei Yoru … Chao Li Chi / Goh Misawa

Sewer King (“The Underdwellers”) … Michael Pataki

Seymour Grey (“Never Fear”) … Ken Berry

Shark / Gunther Hardwicke (“The Terrible Trio”) … Peter Scolari

Sheldon Fallbrook (“The Terrible Trio”) … Hector Elizondo

Sheldrake … Barry Gordon

Sherman (“I’ve Got Batman in My Basement”) … Matthew Brooks

Sid the Squid (“The Man Who Killed Batman”) … Matt Frewer

Simon Trent / Gray Ghost (“Beware the Gray Ghost”) … Adam West

Spunky Spencer (“Baby-Doll”) … Jason Marsden

Stella Bates (“Mudslide”) … Pat Musick

Stern (“The Cat and the Claw”) … Herb Edelman

Steven Carlyle (“House & Garden”) … Peter Strauss

Summer Gleeson … Mari Devon

Talia … Helen Slater / Olivia Hussey

Tammy Vance (“Baby-Doll”) … Judy Strangis

Ted Dymer (“Beware the Gray Ghost”) … Bruce W. Timm

Teddy Lupus (“Feat of Clay”) … Dick Gautier

Thomas Wayne (“Beware the Gray Ghost”) … Kevin Conroy

Thoth Khepera, Egyptian spirit (“Avatar”) … Nichelle Nichols

Tod Baker (“Baby-Doll”) … Alan Young

Two-Face / Harvey Dent … Richard Moll

Ubu … Manu Tupou / George DiCenzo / Michael Horse

Ventriloquist / Scarface / Arnold Wesker … George Dzundza

Veronica Vreeland … Marilu Henner

Violet (“Eternal Youth”) … Lynne Marie Stewart

Vulture / Armand “Army” Lydecker (“The Terrible Trio”) … David Jolliffe

Wilkes (“P.O.V.”) … Robbie (Robby) Benson

Wizard (“I Am the Night”) … Seth Green

Yani Stavros (“Fire From Olympus”) … Nicholas Savalas

Zatanna … Julie Brown

Zowie (“Riddler’s Reform”) … William Katt

See-ya! This replica attracted a lot of attention at the 2006 Motor City Comic Con in Novi, Michigan.

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