Consume All Media! Batman and Robin: "Chapter Four: Batman Trapped!"
- Joseph Heath
- 3 hours ago
- 2 min read
Joe Heath is a big fan of comic books and watching things in order. So they made this spreadsheet containing every serial, short, film, television episode, commercial, motion comic, and web series based on a comic book. Now they're watching them all. Previously, Joe watched the third chapter of Batman and Robin. This time, they continue with the fourth chapter.
Batman and Robin: “Chapter Four: Batman Trapped!” - 16:57 (Available on Amazon)
Batman falls into a tree.
Meanwhile, Robin fights some henchmen, but gets knocked out. He is thrown into their truck and taken for a wild ride. Hey, wait a second! That was the name of the last chapter! Silly serial.
Robin wakes up and unscrews an oil barrel to leave a trail for Batman to follow.
They get to the cabin and Robin runs off and hides in a tree.
Two separate scenes of our heroes hanging out in trees in this chapter. Bit of a theme.
When the coast is clear, Robin sneaks inside the cabin and sees The Wizard hypnotizing Morton again for a formula to make the X90 work. But he cuts it short when he spots Robin's feet.
The henchmen shoot him, but when they pull the curtain back, there's no one there. Because Robin ran off without his shoes. That can't be good for his feet.
Batman finally shows up and starts fighting the henchmen alongside Robin. But again, they're not very good at it and the henchmen get away.
The Wizard laughs at how incompetent they are and Batman throws something at him. But it just breaks a pane of glass that the Wizard was projecting his image onto.
Batman and Robin grab an unconscious Morton and leave.
Later, Bruce and Dick listen to Barry Brown's radio show where he again announces information on Morton's whereabouts. This time he's in a hospital.
At the hospital, Morton tells Gordon where he's hidden the X90 formula. The Wizard's henchmen hear this through a bug they had planted in the room. They head off to get it. However, Bruce finds the bug and is onto them.
Batman catches up to them at the place where the formula is being kept. He gets into a big fight, but is thrown into some electrical equipment.
This is the second cliffhanger in a row where Batman gets electrocuted. That can't be good for his batbody.
Should you watch it, though? Not terribly exciting and a bit repetitive. Also, at what point was Batman trapped???
Tune in next time for Batman and Robin: "Chapter Five: Robin Rescues Batman!" (Available on Amazon.)
A version of this article was previously published on The Dipp.