List of Batman Animated Episodes - The New Batman Adventures

The New Batman Adventures

Three years after the second season of Batman: The Animated Series ended production, the show was moved from the Fox Network to The WB Network, which was airing and producing Superman: The Animated Series. These shows were merged as part of an hour-long segment called The New Batman/Superman Adventures. The WB wanted more episodes of Batman: The Animated Series, so 24 new episodes were produced, which featured a different format and more focus on Batman's supporting cast.

In addition to the network's demands, the producers decided to make the show match Superman: The Animated Series' graphic style, so all the characters and objects were redesigned as more "animation friendly" with fewer lines, usually referred to by the fans and creative staff as the "revamp" (or alternately, the "new look"). A similar graphic style was used in the rest of the DCAU later on.

The DVD box set of the series is labeled Batman: The Animated Series – Volume Four (from The New Batman Adventures), most likely to establish the connection with the original series.

# Title Villain(s) Director Writer Airdate
1 "Holiday Knights" The Joker, Harley Quinn, Clayface and Poison Ivy Dan Riba Paul Dini September 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.

Note: This episode takes place after the episodes "Sins of the Father", which introduces Tim Drake, and "Growing Pains", which brings Clayface back after his apparent death in "Mudslide".

Absent: Nightwing
2 "Sins of the Father" Two-Face Curt Geda Rich Fogel September 20, 1997

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

Note: An uncostumed Dick Grayson appears at the end while Nightwing does not appear
3 "Cold Comfort" Mr. Freeze Dan Riba Hilary J. Bader October 11, 1997

After the events in "SubZero" 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.

Absent: Nightwing
4 "Double Talk" The Ventriloquist Curt Geda Robert Goodman November 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.

Absent: Robin and Nightwing
5 "You Scratch My Back" Catwoman Dan Riba Hilary J. Bader November 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, who attempts a somewhat sensual relationship with him.

Absent: Robin
6 "Never Fear" The Scarecrow Kenji Hachizaki Stan Berkowitz November 1, 1997

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

Absent: Batgirl and Nightwing
7 "Joker's Millions" The Joker, Harley Quinn, the Penguin & Poison Ivy Dan Riba Paul Dini February 21, 1998

Crime boss Edward "The King" Barlow dies and in his will leaves his arch-rival, the Joker, a large fortune. The Joker immediately goes on a shopping spree, even searching for a replacement for Harley Quinn, but realizes too late that almost all of the money is fake. The Joker getting money that's counterfeit was previously used in The Adventures of Batman episode "Long John Joker."

Absent: Robin
8 "Growing Pains" Clayface Atsuko Tanaka Paul Dini and Robert Goodman February 28, 1998

Robin fights to protect a young girl with amnesia named Annie 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.

Absent: Batgirl and Nightwing
9 "Love is a Croc" Baby-Doll & Killer Croc Butch Lukic Steve Gerber July 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.

Absent: Robin and Nightwing
10 "Torch Song" Firefly Curt Geda Rich Fogel June 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.

Absent: Robin and Nightwing
11 "The Ultimate Thrill" The Penguin & Roxy Rocket Dan Riba Hilary J. Bader September 14, 1998

Former stuntwoman and adrenaline junkie Roxanne Sutton becomes the rocket-riding thief Roxy Rocket, to chase danger and excitement.

Absent: Robin and Nightwing
12 "Over the Edge" The Scarecrow & Bane Yuichiro Yano Paul Dini May 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.
13 "Mean Seasons" Calendar Girl Hiroyuki Aoyama Hilary J. Bader April 25, 1998

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

Absent: Robin and Nightwing
14 "Critters" Farmer Brown Dan Riba Steve Gerber & Joe R. Lansdale September 19, 1998

A genetic engineer goes overboard in creating bigger livestock and loses all his money. A year later, an army of mutant farm animals terrorize Gotham City.

Absent: Nightwing
15 "Cult of the Cat" Thomas Blake Butch Lukic Paul Dini & Stan Berkowitz September 18, 1998

Batman tries to help Catwoman, who is being chased by a cat cult due to a statue she stole.

Absent: Robin, Batgirl, and Nightwing
16 "Animal Act" The Mad Hatter Curt Geda Hilary J. Bader September 26, 1998

A series of thefts is being committed by circus animals in a town where Nightwing's old circus is performing. Is it an old friend that is training the animals to steal, or someone else?

Absent: Batgirl
17 "Old Wounds" The Joker Curt Geda Rich Fogel October 3, 1998
When on patrol on his own, Robin runs into Nightwing and he tells Robin the story of how he and Batman grew apart. The story reveals how Batgirl discovered Batman and the original Robin's true identities, and also explains some of what went wrong with Barbara and Dick's relationship.
18 "The Demon Within" Klarion the Witch Boy Atsuko Tanaka Rusti Bjornhoel & Stan Berkowitz May 9, 1998

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

This episode was the final performance of actor Stephen Wolfe Smith (Klarion), who died shortly afterwards.

Absent: Batgirl and Nightwing
19 "Legends of the Dark Knight" The Joker, the Mutants & Firefly Dan Riba Robert Goodman & Bruce Timm October 10, 1998

A group of Gotham City youths tell their stories about what they believe the Dark Knight to really be like. One story is reminiscent of the style of 1940s Batman artist Dick Sprang. A second is inspired by Frank Miller's 1986 limited series The Dark Knight Returns.

Absent: Robin, Nightwing, and Batgirl
20 "Girls' Night Out" Poison Ivy, Harley Quinn, Livewire & the Penguin Curt Geda Hilary J. Bader October 17, 1998

Livewire escapes during a prison transfer and runs amok in Gotham, joining forces with Poison Ivy and Harley Quinn. With the Dark Knight away, Batgirl teams up with Supergirl to face the deadly trio.

Absent: Nightwing and Robin
21 "Mad Love" The Joker & Harley Quinn Butch Lukic Paul Dini & Bruce Timm January 16, 1999

Harley reflects on her first meeting with the Joker as she plots to eliminate her main competition in his attentions – Batman.

Absent: Robin, Batgirl, and Nightwing
22 "Chemistry" Poison Ivy Butch Lukic Stan Berkowitz October 24, 1998

Bruce Wayne, along with other wealthy denizens of Gotham, fall in love with their ideal mate, who all happen to have green eyes. Bruce decides to marry, and gives up being Batman forever. However, an old enemy's latest plot is being set into motion...

Note: Dick Grayson appears in this episode yet his alter ego, Nightwing does not
23 "Beware the Creeper" The Joker & Harley Quinn Dan Riba Steve Gerber November 7, 1998

Exposure to a weird mixture of chemicals, including the Joker's laughing gas, changes straitlaced newsman Jack Ryder into the crazed Creeper. He looks to kill the Joker, and develops a much unwanted crush on Harley.

Absent: Nightwing and Batgirl
24 "Judgment Day" Two-Face/The Judge, Killer Croc, The Riddler, & the Penguin Curt Geda Rich Fogel & Alan Burnett October 31, 1998

A new, mysterious vigilante known as "The Judge" appears and targets Gotham's rogues gallery with ruthless fury.

Absent: Nightwing, Robin, and Batgirl

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