Batman (TV series)

Plot summary

A typical episode began with the daring Bat-villain doing something bad like robbing a bank. It was followed up by a scene inside Police Commissioner Gordon's office where he and Chief O'Hara would work out exactly which villain they were to face in that week's episode. Gordon would press a button on the Batphone and it would cut to Wayne Manor where faithful butler Alfred would answer the phone and say a line like "I'll just get him for you, sir." Alfred would usually come across Master Bruce Wayne and Dick Grayson talking with Aunt Harriet and would make up an excuse for them to answer the Batphone. Bruce Wayne then usually excused himself from Aunt Harriet and they rushed off to hear the diabolical schemes of villains in Gotham City from Commissioner Gordon. After pushing back the head of Shakespeare that sat on the desk in Bruce Wayne's office and which concealed a button that opened a bookcase revealing two poles. Batman and Robin would slide down the poles to the Batcave where after colourful starting titles jump into the Batmobile, where Robin would say "Atomic batteries to power, turbines to speed" and Batman would respond "Roger, ready to move out" and would race off out of the cave at high speeds.

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After arriving at Commissioner Gordon's office, the initial discussion of the crime usually led to the Dynamic Duo conducting their investigation alone. In the investigation, a meeting with the villain would usually ensue with the heroes getting involved in a fight and the villain getting away only to come back and fight again later in the show in which he would capture one or many of our heroes and place them in a deathtrap with a cliffhanger ending which was usually resolved in the first few minutes of the next episode.

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The same shenanigans were repeated in the following episode until the Villain was defeated.

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By season three they decided to change this well received format by making most episodes self contained and introduced the character of Batgirl/Barbara Gordon in order to win over the female audiences.

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