Season 2: Episode 20 - "The Criss Cross Conspiracy" (spoilers)

[GamerSlyRatchet]

Discuss this episode featuring Batwoman, Felix Faust, and the Riddler.

 

[Blitzkrieg Bop]

Dick's fear of monkeys.

Was this the first time post-DCAU that Batgirl's been animated?

 

[GamerSlyRatchet]

Dick's fear of monkeys.

Was this the first time post-DCAU that Batgirl's been animated?

No, man. Batgirl has also showed up in The Batman and showed up in the teaser for "The Last Patrol" in this show as well.

 

[signalman]

Not Quite the Silver-Age Batwoman, Kathy Kane.
She wore the same custome but had a different secret id, Katrina Moldoff.
Named after Sheldon Moldoff the 50's-60's Batman Artist.
Was hoping for a more silver age feel and a cameo from the original Bat-Girl, Bette Kane.
After I got over that disappointment it was a solid episode.
Also saw The Spinner and Tiger Shark in action.

Teaser had Batman, Atom, and Aquaman fighting the Bug-Eye Bandit his robotic ants.

 

[the dmg]

I thought John Michael Higgins (Mentok the Mind-Taker, Best in Show) as the Riddler was a great casting choice.

 

[Drz]

This episode was incredibly awesome from teaser to ending with great quotes!

 

[Two-Face=Badass]

Brilliant ep, agreed that John Micheal Higgins was casting genius as Riddler, and IO loved that we saw both of his outfits. I think the suit one is my favourite animated look for the Riddler. Batwoman was great, sympathetic and villainous at the same time, and it was sweet to have Batgirl and Nightwing in the same ep together.

"It appears my center of gravity is.....higher"

 

[GamerSlyRatchet]

Bug-Eyed Bandit makes his official debut, as he fights Batman and the Atom with his robotic ants. Luckily, Batman calls Aquaman, and the big lug saves the day. Quite a fun teamup, and between the interactions with Atom and Aquaman, and the presence of Dee Bradley Baker as Bug-Eyed Bandit, I had a flashback to "Journey to the Center of the Bat". Fun times.

The main episode deals with Katrina Moldoff, the Batwoman, as she tries to get her revenge on the Riddler, since the villain unmasked her in front of everyone, humiliated her, and ended her career as Batman's reckless, unwanted sidekick ten years ago. She gets a spell from paroled villain Felix Faust, who gives her a body-switching potion, and uses it on Batman. With her new body, she attempts to kill Riddler and ruin Batman's reputation. She doesn't count on Batman escaping and recruiting Batgirl, Nightwing, and Faust to go after her. It culminates in a final showdown, as the Riddler almost kills Batwoman in Batman's body, but is stopped by the heroes and Faust. The police come, and the criminals and Katrina are arrested.

This episode was...interesting, to say the least. I noticed the changes made to Batwoman: her backstory remains the same, except her name is changed from "Kathy Kane" to Katrina Moldoff, with the last name a homage to Sheldon Moldoff, one of the aliases used by Bob Kane. Also, she is much more vindictive and villainous than her comic book counterpart, who was reckless but well-meaning. Finally, was she even referred to a "Batwoman" in this episode. I heard the name "Bat Lady" twice, so I'll probably need to re-watch. These changes are interesting, and I'm curious to learn the motive behind them.

Not that they took away from my enjoyment, though. The tone was serious, but there was plenty of humor used, from body-switching shennanigans, to the flirtations with Felix Faust, to the "center of gravity" line from Batman



NEXT WEEK:

Spoiler

Teaser: TBA. Then, as Batman leaves to fight crime elsewhere, Batman employs an army of Bat-bots to protect Gotham City. But when crime boss Black Mask finds a way to reprogram them to control Gotham, Batman is forced to turn on the first prototype, "Proto", a bumblin Bat-bot.

 

[signalman]

This episode was...interesting, to say the least. I noticed the changes made to Batwoman: her backstory remains the same, except her name is changed from "Kathy Kane" to Katrina Moldoff, with the last name a homage to Sheldon Moldoff, one of the aliases used by Bob Kane.

Just to clear things up.
Bob Kane and Sheldon Moldoff are two different artist.
Kane hired Moldoff to "Ghost Art" Batman stories in the 50's and 60's.

 

[maenalus]

The only problem I had with this episode was they made Aquaman too dumb in the teaser.

 

[Rob Lobo]

More love in the usage of Felix Faust in this episode. I tend to think of him as an antihero in this episode. I love the B & C list character gets their chance to shine in any episodes

 

[Rob Lobo]

The only problem I had with this episode was they made Aquaman too dumb in the teaser.

The only Aquaman that can be seen as a Badass & a Dumbass at the same time