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¶ Batman
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Night, the cloak for sinners
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draws its dark folds
over Gotham City.
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Where The Riddler hides out
in a Little Used Gymnasium.
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[laughing]
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Throw the biggest fight
of my career tonight?
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In Gotham Square Garden?
I won't do it.
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Oh, yeah.
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I won't go
if the fight's fixed.
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Oh, yes, you will, Kid Gulliver.
Yes, you will.
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[laughs]
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I have a riddle for you.
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What do many boats, shovels,
laundries, whistles
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and hot showers
have in common?
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Steam.
Put him in the steam room.
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Shrink him down to size.
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After Kid Gulliver,
what?
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Get rid of every other top
prizefighter in the town, Betsy.
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That's what.
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Plus that contemptible
crime fighter Batman.
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Then control all the prize
fighting in Gotham City
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once and for all,
and everywhere else.
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Well, that's a big order.
How're you gonna do it?
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With an ace I have up my sleeve.
And what an ace!
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But for starters,
when is the top of a mountain..
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...like a savings account?
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Now, go on, Riddler.
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When it peaksone's interest.
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Kid Gulliver, down to
the count in the third?
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It's hard to believe, Bruce.
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As chairman of the Gotham City
boxing commission
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I'm gonna call
an emergency meeting.
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It looks like undesirable
elements have once again
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infiltrated the manly
art of self defense.
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And making off with
the box office receipts.
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Riddle me this.
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When does a painter use
a trigger instead of a brush?
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When he's a stick-up artist.
Ha ha ha!
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I'd like two seats for--
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That box is blinking!
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Help! Please help!
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[theme music]
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¶ Batman
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¶ Batman
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¶ Batman
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¶ Batman
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¶ Batman
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¶ Batman
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¶ Batman
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¶ Batman
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¶ Batman
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¶ Batman
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¶ Na na na na na
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¶ Batman
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[dramatic music]
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[music continues]
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And you caught no glimpse
of the robbers, Batgirl?
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No, I heard
the cashier scream
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'called Commissioner Gordon's
office'
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and brought this
box directly here.
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It's lucky you were
in the vicinity
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of Gotham Square Garden.
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Yes, luck is
an important weapon
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to a woman crime fighter,
Batman.
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Ah!
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As I suspected.
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This little blinking device..
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...is merely an added touch
to peak our curiosity.
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Sounds like
a trick of Riddler's.
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(Batman)
'Indeed. He's back.'
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What's in the box?
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Apparently, just
some...metal filings.
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And this note.
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"Who rules the ring,
no prince, king or raja
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look for a clue on
the walls of Kafaja."
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Ah , Riddler indeed.
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Returned to tease,
taunt, and torment us again.
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Look for a clue
in the walls of Kafaja.
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What could he mean
this time, Batman?
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Kafaja was a famous temple
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in what was the land
of Mesopotamia.
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My daughter Barbara,
studied the history
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of South Western Asia
in college, Batman.
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Perhaps if I call her
she could be of some..
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What, uh..
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What happened to Batgirl?
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Begorrah, she's gone.
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(Robin)
'Into thin air.'
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Her particular brand
of vanishing cream.
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Another weapon
in her arsenal.
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[phone ringing]
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Commissioner Gordon.
Yes.
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He what?
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Well, Batman's right here.
I'll tell him at once.
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That was
the boxing commissioner.
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He was calling about
Kid Gulliver.
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Who's vanished.
Disappeared completely
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while his seconds were carrying
him from the ring
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down to his dressing room.
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That shot I gave him
won't wear off for a week.
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- What was in that shot?
- A little riddle juice, Kayo.
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Gentlemen, if we had our choice
of laps to sit on right now.
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which would we choose?
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Laps? To sit on?
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Kid Gulliver's temporary lapse
of memory. Take him away.
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Here are the burnooses, Riddler.
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And my latest news break.
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"Mushy Nebuchadnezzar,
unchallenged champion
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"of South-Western
Asia's boxing world
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"arrived in
Gotham City tonight..
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...ready and willing to
take on any and all comers."
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Mushy Nebuchadnezzar.
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Stroke of your usual
feminine genius, Betsy.
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Well, then...slip into
your burnoose, Riddler.
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Because Mushy Nebuchadnezzar..
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...is going to appear on my
"Midnight Sports" telecast.
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[instrumental music]
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[knocking]
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Sorry to bother you at this time
of the night, Miss Gordon.
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We would have
entered the building
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by more conventional means
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but we didn't want
to startle the tenants.
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Oh, I understand.
I was expecting you.
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- Oh..
- My father called.
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- Won't you come in?
- Thank you.
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You want to know about
the famous temple of Kafaja?
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Yes.
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Well, as I recall
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strange scrollwork was found
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on the walls of
that temple indicating
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men used their fists
to fight long before
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the supposed beginnings of
boxing in ancient Roman Greece.
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Holy hieroglyphics! How would
Riddler know that, Batman?
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The mind of a criminal
like Riddler's is a sponge
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where he soaks up
many strange facts, Robin.
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Riddler is an old archenemy
of ours, Miss Gordon
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returned to try
to outwit us
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and bilk the good citizens
of Gotham City.
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That riddle he sent us. Perhaps
we should examine it again.
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"Who rules the ring?
No prince, king or raja.
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Could he mean
the prize fighting ring?
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We should have thought
of that ourselves, Batman.
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Up until tonight, Kid Gulliver
was a local champ.
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Perhaps Riddler himself
is trying to take over.
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That punctuated pipsqueak?
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[knocking on door]
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(Gordon)
'Barbara, Barbara.
It's I.'
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It's my father.
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[laughing]
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Well, tonight seems to be my
night for gentlemen callers.
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I was walking home
and took a chance
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that Caped Crusader
would still be here.
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Kid Gulliver's been found,
Batman.
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'Outside Gotham Square Garden'
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'but he remembers nothing.'
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Uh, an injection
of some drug
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seems to have
affected his memory.
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It'll do us no good
to talk to Kid Gulliver.
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We might take a look
at Gotham Square Garden.
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'Maybe we'll find
something there.'
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Thank you, Ms. Gordon.
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You've been great help.
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Batman.
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It's a little enough to do for
so courageous a crime fighter.
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I thought I'd catch the last
of Betsy Boldface's
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"Midnight Sports" telecast.
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Betsy Boldface seems to have
quite a hold over you.
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Ho ho ho! She's as good as
any man would be on that job.
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- Mushy Nebuchadnezzar.
- Yes.
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South-Western Asia's
unchallenged champion
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'and also one of
the most colorful'
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'prizefighters in the world.'
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For instance, Mushy, tell us
just, uh, what do you eat?
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Tamarisk berries,
bulbul bird eggs, and licorice.
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'But only licorice native
to my country.'
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(Betsy)
'Well, what liquids
do you drink?'
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Just uh, camel grass juice.
What else?
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Enough of that,
he sounds like
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South-Western Asia's
unchallenged nut.
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While in the box office
of Gotham Square Garden..
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[intense music]
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We saw your
car parked outside.
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Commissioner Gordon said
that you might be here..
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...looking around.
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Are you alright, chief?
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What car?
Who's Commissioner Gordon?
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(Riddler)
'Riddle me this,
Dynamic Dull-heads.'
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What have
the following in common
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hemming, basting,
pearling and tagging?
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[Riddler laughing]
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Holy blackout!
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Unique trick of The Riddler's,
now you see him, now you don't.
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He's gotta be
someplace in this building.
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Unfortunately, we don't
have time to go after him.
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Our Chief O'Hara
needs help and quickly.
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Hemming, pearling,
basting and tagging
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are all words
related to needlework.
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You think
they gave Chief O'Hara
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the same injection
that they gave Kid Gulliver?
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Uh-huh, I'll take Chief O'Hara
down to headquarters in his car.
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You follow in the Batmobile.
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Come, come, chief.
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You know something, Charlie, all
I could see under that burnoose
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was Mushy Nebuchadnezzar's chin
and didn't look much
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like a South-Western Asiatic
chin to this student of history.
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And there's something
about that Betsy Boldface.
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I'm afraid,
Batman and Robin are headed
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for more than just
Gotham Square Garden.
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Maybe Batgirl should investigate
the local source
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of tamarisk berries,
bulbul bird eggs,
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liquorice and camel grass juice.
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[Charlie squeaking]
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So it's across her bedroom
in a flash
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to the secret Batgirl nook
where Barbara Gordon makes
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her dazzling change to Batgirl.
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And into action
on her Batgirl-cycle.
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And shortly, back in Riddler's
Little Used Gymnasium..
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I picked up more than
Mushy Nebuchadnezzar's
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tamarisk berries.
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Tamarisk?
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Bulbul bird eggs and liquorice
and camel grass juice.
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- Ah!
- Asiatic dove pheasant.
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Riddler, Batgirl's
on my trail.
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- Batgirl?
- Yes, Batgirl.
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I saw your phony broadcast
tonight, Riddler
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'masquerading as
Mushy Nebuchadnezzar.'
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What's your scheme? What do you
have up your sleeve?
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Up my sleeve, Batgirl?
Riddle me once.
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What's most alluring
when it's lowest or highest
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when it's in the air
or in a hole
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when it's served you,
yet you can't touch it?
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An enchanting ace.
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Put these earmuffs on.
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Siren, let her have
one of your most stunning notes.
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[siren wailing]
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[siren wailing continues]
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What happened?
It didn't work, it didn't work.
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Well. I've never tried my note
two octaves above high C
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on a woman before.
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And she won't try it again.
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Get her.
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Good, now pass her
into the steam room
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as you did Kid Gulliver.
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Batgirls wilt
just as quickly as other women.
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[giggling]
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Like a dream, it worked
just like a dream, Betsy.
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I thought my broadcast would put
the Dynamic Decimal Points
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in your track, but Batgirl
will work just as well.
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Even though Siren's stunning
note didn't work on her.
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It didn't work on me either,
I didn't have the earmuffs on.
251
00:13:51,226 --> 00:13:55,361
Well, it's never failed to put
men under my spell, Riddler
252
00:13:55,363 --> 00:13:56,562
and at my command.
253
00:13:56,564 --> 00:13:58,897
Well, then men you shall have.
254
00:13:58,899 --> 00:13:59,297
Three..
255
00:13:59,299 --> 00:14:01,932
...top prize fighters
in the country waiting outside
256
00:14:01,934 --> 00:14:05,435
right now, they'd be dazed
by your dazzling decibel.
257
00:14:05,437 --> 00:14:12,408
And with them in my power and
Batman kayoed once and for all
258
00:14:12,410 --> 00:14:17,146
I shall rule the ring.
259
00:14:20,984 --> 00:14:22,851
This is Jerry Quarry, Mushy.
260
00:14:22,853 --> 00:14:24,552
A contender
for the heavy-weight title.
261
00:14:24,554 --> 00:14:29,557
Oh, yes, Jerry, uh,
contend with this.
262
00:14:29,559 --> 00:14:32,159
[siren wailing]
263
00:14:35,429 --> 00:14:38,431
Alright, Riddler,
they're under my spell.
264
00:14:38,433 --> 00:14:42,168
- They'll obey any order now.
- Good.
265
00:14:42,170 --> 00:14:44,069
Take them into the steam room.
266
00:14:44,071 --> 00:14:46,571
[Riddler laughing]
267
00:14:47,940 --> 00:14:53,044
And turn the heat up and
find out how Batgirl is doing.
268
00:14:55,113 --> 00:14:59,049
Now, now to put
Batman under my spell.
269
00:14:59,051 --> 00:15:01,885
I too have plans for Batman..
270
00:15:01,887 --> 00:15:03,019
...and Commissioner Gordon too.
271
00:15:03,021 --> 00:15:06,088
Ah, good party,
good party, thank you, Siren
272
00:15:06,090 --> 00:15:09,558
from the bottom
of my...burnoose.
273
00:15:16,198 --> 00:15:18,966
- Batgirl's gone, boss.
- Gone? Gone!
274
00:15:18,968 --> 00:15:21,902
- Gone.
- No! No!
275
00:15:21,904 --> 00:15:23,904
- She must have went up a vent..
- No!
276
00:15:23,906 --> 00:15:26,539
Would you like
a quick shot of camel--
277
00:15:26,541 --> 00:15:29,508
No! No, no! Oh.
278
00:15:29,510 --> 00:15:31,276
Ah! Aah!
279
00:15:31,278 --> 00:15:33,278
Oh, what's looser than a thread
280
00:15:33,280 --> 00:15:39,651
a fish, flying ribbons
or woman's tongue?
281
00:15:39,653 --> 00:15:41,986
Possibly Batgirl.
282
00:15:42,654 --> 00:15:45,288
I've got to get on some
provocative riddles quick
283
00:15:45,290 --> 00:15:48,891
if I'm going to...coax
Batman into the ring
284
00:15:48,893 --> 00:15:51,560
with Mushy Nebuchadnezzar.
285
00:15:52,361 --> 00:15:55,329
The next morning,
Batman and Robin reply
286
00:15:55,331 --> 00:15:58,565
to a summons on the red phone.
287
00:16:00,100 --> 00:16:02,267
I have called Batman, Barbara.
288
00:16:02,269 --> 00:16:04,969
But I called you too
because I needed someone
289
00:16:04,971 --> 00:16:06,236
to talk to until he arrived.
290
00:16:06,238 --> 00:16:09,539
Oh, I know you'll be late at the
library but, but Chief O'Hara
291
00:16:09,541 --> 00:16:13,276
is still under state of amnesia,
and lost, that's all, just lost.
292
00:16:13,278 --> 00:16:17,179
Whole city's aroused
over Kid Gulliver's condition
293
00:16:17,181 --> 00:16:18,446
plus the strange
disappearances of three
294
00:16:18,448 --> 00:16:21,916
of the other top contenders and
I'm snowed under with riddles
295
00:16:21,918 --> 00:16:24,919
sent here to this office
to care of Batman.
296
00:16:24,921 --> 00:16:26,186
Listen to this nonsense.
297
00:16:26,188 --> 00:16:31,024
What do bells, curtains,
twins and hair have in common?
298
00:16:31,026 --> 00:16:32,592
- That's easy, daddy.
- Easy?
299
00:16:32,594 --> 00:16:35,194
Something like his riddle
of last night..
300
00:16:35,196 --> 00:16:37,629
...who rules the ring?
301
00:16:37,631 --> 00:16:38,963
A...ring?
302
00:16:38,965 --> 00:16:43,334
Bells ring-out, curtains ring
down, twins are perfect ringers
303
00:16:43,336 --> 00:16:44,401
and hair often comes
in ringlets.
304
00:16:44,403 --> 00:16:49,639
Well, smart girl. Yes, alright,
let's see you get this one.
305
00:16:49,641 --> 00:16:52,508
Any aggressor
should beware his successor.
306
00:16:52,510 --> 00:16:55,711
Well, it isn't a very good
rhyme, but it must have
307
00:16:55,713 --> 00:16:57,479
something to do
with Nebuchadnezzar.
308
00:16:57,481 --> 00:17:00,648
So, he still
taunting Batman, eh?
309
00:17:00,650 --> 00:17:04,218
Aggressor, successor, ah..
310
00:17:04,220 --> 00:17:07,621
Sounds like a challenge to me.
311
00:17:07,623 --> 00:17:08,488
Challenge?
312
00:17:08,490 --> 00:17:11,190
Yes, Batman, to meet
Mushy in the ring.
313
00:17:11,192 --> 00:17:13,125
[phone beeping]
314
00:17:13,127 --> 00:17:14,526
Commissioner Gordon.
315
00:17:14,528 --> 00:17:16,594
Yes, he's right here.
316
00:17:16,596 --> 00:17:18,629
This call's for you two.
317
00:17:18,631 --> 00:17:21,198
Excuse me.
Hello.
318
00:17:21,200 --> 00:17:22,299
Riddle me this, Batman
319
00:17:22,301 --> 00:17:25,602
what are the chilliest
12 inches in the world?
320
00:17:25,604 --> 00:17:26,569
It's The Riddler.
321
00:17:26,571 --> 00:17:30,105
The chilliest 12 inches
in the world...cold feet.
322
00:17:30,107 --> 00:17:35,443
Excellent! What suit
of cards lays eggs?
323
00:17:35,445 --> 00:17:37,645
One, that's chicken hearted.
324
00:17:37,647 --> 00:17:38,679
Now, listen to this, Riddler.
325
00:17:38,681 --> 00:17:41,581
'Sticks and stones
may break my bones--'
326
00:17:41,583 --> 00:17:43,015
Now, you listen to me, Batman
327
00:17:43,017 --> 00:17:49,254
my line is plugged into radio
station GTZR, that means
328
00:17:49,256 --> 00:17:55,693
that all of Gotham City
has heard you call..
329
00:17:55,695 --> 00:17:58,362
...a coward.
330
00:17:58,364 --> 00:18:00,097
[laughs]
331
00:18:02,567 --> 00:18:04,067
That's it, commissioner.
332
00:18:04,069 --> 00:18:07,270
Regardless of who
Mushy Nebuchadnezzar may be
333
00:18:07,272 --> 00:18:08,671
or what The Riddler is up to
334
00:18:08,673 --> 00:18:10,439
regardless of my private
or my public image
335
00:18:10,441 --> 00:18:13,241
one thing I cannot abide
is being called a coward.
336
00:18:13,243 --> 00:18:17,645
You may inform all the news
medium that I will meet
337
00:18:17,647 --> 00:18:20,180
the champion
of South-Western Asia
338
00:18:20,182 --> 00:18:23,016
in Gotham Square Garden tonight.
339
00:18:24,118 --> 00:18:26,652
[audience cheering]
340
00:18:34,527 --> 00:18:38,396
Phil, take over for a minute,
I'll be right back.
341
00:18:42,501 --> 00:18:45,169
You make an excellent second,
second, Alfred.
342
00:18:45,171 --> 00:18:47,437
I trust no one would penetrate
my disguise, sir.
343
00:18:47,439 --> 00:18:50,573
But, I think, perhaps
you better call me Gus.
344
00:18:50,575 --> 00:18:52,274
Gus.
345
00:18:53,509 --> 00:18:54,809
Holy missing relatives.
346
00:18:54,811 --> 00:18:58,045
Look who's sitting
down behind Commissioner Gordon.
347
00:18:58,047 --> 00:19:01,448
Mrs. Cooper,
how nice to see you.
348
00:19:01,450 --> 00:19:02,382
My daughter, Barbara.
349
00:19:02,384 --> 00:19:05,518
Your daughter,
how do you do, my dear?
350
00:19:05,520 --> 00:19:06,085
Hello.
351
00:19:06,087 --> 00:19:09,388
Oh, commissioner,
I've been such a wanderer.
352
00:19:09,390 --> 00:19:13,458
I just got back from the
New Hebrides this evening.
353
00:19:13,460 --> 00:19:17,695
I didn't want to let the boys
know, I wanted to surprise them.
354
00:19:17,697 --> 00:19:21,365
And there was nobody home,
not even Alfred.
355
00:19:21,367 --> 00:19:25,802
And then I heard
that Batman was fighting this
356
00:19:25,804 --> 00:19:28,504
Mushy Nebuchad-whose-this..
357
00:19:28,738 --> 00:19:32,607
...and you know me,
I love a fight.
358
00:19:37,613 --> 00:19:39,280
As I thought,
it's Riddler,
359
00:19:39,282 --> 00:19:44,551
This is ridiculous,
he's smaller than you are.
360
00:19:44,553 --> 00:19:47,186
[bell ringing]
361
00:19:48,521 --> 00:19:50,655
Wanna do clean fight.
Touch gloves.
362
00:19:50,657 --> 00:19:54,825
Batman, what eats crow, yells
uncle and tosses sponges?
363
00:19:54,827 --> 00:19:57,627
A loser and I'm
not a loser, Riddler.
364
00:19:57,629 --> 00:19:58,694
Oh.
365
00:19:58,696 --> 00:20:00,696
[Riddler laughing]
366
00:20:01,564 --> 00:20:03,965
[crowd cheering]
367
00:20:12,975 --> 00:20:16,777
Shpritz him, Riddler, with the
metal filings in your gloves.
368
00:20:16,779 --> 00:20:18,612
Betsy's under the ring
with a magnet.
369
00:20:18,614 --> 00:20:22,849
- Go on and get him.
- Stick it up, stick it up.
370
00:20:26,887 --> 00:20:29,255
Wait, wait, wait, wait..
371
00:20:36,663 --> 00:20:39,364
[Riddler laughing]
372
00:20:42,534 --> 00:20:45,002
Holy sudden incapacitation!
373
00:20:45,004 --> 00:20:48,705
Drawing part of this fight,
seems to have concentrated
374
00:20:48,707 --> 00:20:50,306
beneath the ring.
375
00:20:50,308 --> 00:20:52,274
[Riddler laughing]
376
00:20:54,343 --> 00:20:56,410
Mother Machree,
what's happenin'?
377
00:20:56,412 --> 00:21:01,615
Batman's feet seem to be, ma,
magnetized to the canvas.
378
00:21:01,617 --> 00:21:04,951
Ah, excuse me,
I have something in my eye.
379
00:21:12,993 --> 00:21:15,694
Through the door
as Barbara Gordon
380
00:21:15,696 --> 00:21:20,565
and seconds later making
her startling reappearance
381
00:21:20,567 --> 00:21:22,333
as Batgirl.
382
00:21:32,410 --> 00:21:32,809
Batgirl.
383
00:21:32,811 --> 00:21:37,413
Yes, Betsy Boldface,
we meet again.
384
00:21:37,415 --> 00:21:38,947
Ladies and gentlemen,
riddle me this
385
00:21:38,949 --> 00:21:43,284
when is a prizefight
like a beautiful lady?
386
00:21:43,286 --> 00:21:47,588
Answer,
when it's a knock-out.
387
00:21:47,855 --> 00:21:49,622
[laughing]
388
00:21:59,532 --> 00:22:03,535
Something went wrong,
let's get out of here.
389
00:22:06,605 --> 00:22:07,438
What happened to you?
390
00:22:07,440 --> 00:22:09,606
- She happened to me.
- Get her.
391
00:22:09,608 --> 00:22:13,476
'Batman's on our tail, let's get
out from the steam room.'
392
00:22:13,478 --> 00:22:16,879
[intense music]
393
00:22:49,545 --> 00:22:51,746
Any final riddles, Riddler?
394
00:22:51,748 --> 00:22:52,713
Yes.
395
00:22:52,715 --> 00:22:58,118
What do you throw away
that keeps returning?
396
00:22:58,120 --> 00:23:00,420
(Batman)
'A boomerang.'
397
00:23:00,422 --> 00:23:01,788
Correct.
398
00:23:01,790 --> 00:23:05,358
And I'm a boomerang.
399
00:23:05,360 --> 00:23:10,463
And I...shall be back.
400
00:23:10,465 --> 00:23:13,065
Well, that winds that up,
fellow crime fighters
401
00:23:13,067 --> 00:23:15,100
thanks to Batgirl.
402
00:23:15,102 --> 00:23:16,367
- She's gone.
- Yes.
403
00:23:16,369 --> 00:23:17,768
But, this time
I saw where she went
404
00:23:17,770 --> 00:23:20,670
through that transom,
and her Batgirl-cycle's parked
405
00:23:20,672 --> 00:23:22,705
in the back alley.
Let's follow her, Batman
406
00:23:22,707 --> 00:23:24,073
let's really find out
who she is.
407
00:23:24,075 --> 00:23:28,410
Let us respect her disguise
as she respects ours.
408
00:23:28,412 --> 00:23:29,477
I guess you're right.
409
00:23:29,479 --> 00:23:31,779
Some camel grass juice, sir?
410
00:23:36,951 --> 00:23:40,486
Gosh, Batman,
this camel grass juice is great.
411
00:23:40,488 --> 00:23:43,755
Beware of strong stimulants,
Robin.
412
00:23:49,995 --> 00:23:50,828
Yes, Pauline.
413
00:23:50,830 --> 00:23:54,131
'There's a Ms. Circe
here to see you, commissioner.'
414
00:23:54,133 --> 00:23:55,999
'Lorelei Circe.'
415
00:23:56,001 --> 00:23:57,533
Circe?
416
00:23:57,767 --> 00:23:59,400
Circe?
417
00:23:59,402 --> 00:24:02,870
Name doesn't ring a bell,
but send her in.
418
00:24:11,045 --> 00:24:12,578
Ms. Circe?
419
00:24:12,580 --> 00:24:14,580
What can I do for you?
420
00:24:14,582 --> 00:24:17,983
It's what I can do
for you, commissioner..
421
00:24:17,985 --> 00:24:21,419
...that really counts.
422
00:24:21,421 --> 00:24:24,088
[siren sound]
423
00:24:25,156 --> 00:24:28,057
Will The Siren succeed
in the plan she has
424
00:24:28,059 --> 00:24:30,692
for Batman
and Commissioner Gordon?
425
00:24:30,694 --> 00:24:32,894
Will her purring parley
pay off?
426
00:24:32,896 --> 00:24:37,732
Watch for the stunning surprise
on the next episode.
427
00:24:42,738 --> 00:24:45,206
[theme music]
428
00:24:45,208 --> 00:24:47,541
¶ Batman
429
00:24:48,576 --> 00:24:50,710
¶ Batman
430
00:24:51,712 --> 00:24:53,846
¶ Batman
431
00:24:54,848 --> 00:24:56,982
¶ Batman
432
00:24:57,984 --> 00:24:59,718
¶ Batman
433
00:24:59,720 --> 00:25:01,119
¶ Batman
434
00:25:01,121 --> 00:25:03,688
¶ Batman
435
00:25:05,791 --> 00:25:08,125
¶ Na na na na na
436
00:25:08,127 --> 00:25:11,194
¶ Batman