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[theme music playing]

[announcer] The Adventures of Batman with Robin, Boy Wonder.

Batman and Robin, Dynamic Duo against crime and corruption,

whose real identities as millionaire philanthropist Bruce Wayne

and his young ward, Dick Grayson,

are known only to Alfred, the faithful butler.

Ever alert, they respond swiftly to a signal from the police.

And moments later, from the secret Batcave deep beneath Wayne Manor,

they roar out to protect life, limb and property

as Batman and Robin, caped crime fighters.

Batman and Robin, scourge of Gotham City's kooky criminals:

The Joker, Clown Prince of Crime.

The Penguin, pudgy purveyor of perfidy.

And the cool, cruel Mr. Freeze.

Watch out, villains, here come Batman and Robin.

[tires squealing]

[theme music playing]

[engine revving]

[tires squealing]

[Batman] Hang on, Robin.

[ominous music playing]

- Where are we, Batman? - We'll find out in—

Look out.

[suspenseful music playing]

- Boy, that was close. - Come on.

Only a reflection of our headlights in this mirror.

What have we gotten into now?

[Catwoman] Won't you come in, please?

- That voice. - It's the Catwoman.

How nice of you to remember, Batman.

What's your game, Catwoman?

You Caped Crusaders have been my nemesis for too long.

So you must cease to exist.

I warn you, Catwoman, you're not playing with mice.

[laughs] I know.

I am playing with the world's greatest escape artists.

Therefore, I offer you a challenge.

Since a cat has nine lives, Batman,

I have set nine lethal traps,

which I have spent years devising.

I expect you to survive one, two, perhaps more.

But I know you cannot survive them all.

The mirror wall. Batarang.

[Catwoman laughs] My friends, you cannot get out safely,

except through one of those doors, the one which leads to freedom.

Where did she go?

An old stage illusion, Robin. I'll explain it to you later.

Let's pick a number, Robin. How about starting at the top?

[growling]

[suspenseful music playing]

[snarling]

Good work, Robin.

Move slowly. Back.

[panther growls]

- Good shot, Batman. - The Catwoman.

[Robin] She was inside the cage all the time.

[suspenseful music playing]

Now that you're trapped here with us, Catwoman, will you show us the door that leads out?

- Never. - All right.

Then we'll try them all together.

No. Not that one.

Now will you show us the safe one?

All right. I'll show you.

Come.

This is a tunnel leading back to the surface.

Follow me.

[narrator] But the felonious female is not giving up so easily.

For on the surface, the Catmen rig a surprise in case the Dynamic Duo should escape.

Okay, Cat. Fix the bomb now.

Here's where I leave you, gentlemen.

- [Robin] Gas. - Batmasks. Quickly.

Now, let's settle with Catwoman once and for all.

There she goes.

[heroic music playing]

[engines rev, then tires squeal]

The bomb's set to explode when they hit 60 miles an hour.

[Catwoman] Good. Here we go.

[engine revving]

[beeping]

- The electronic bomb detector. - It's set for 60. Hang on for a Bat-stop.

[suspenseful music playing]

- The bomb. [explosion] - [laughs]

And the end of the Dynamic Duo.

[Robin] We got away just in time, Batman.

Now, let's put Catwoman away.

No, Robin. Let her think we're dead. That'll give us freedom to operate.

Come on. Let's go home.

They escaped the bomb.

But no matter. By tomorrow, Batman will no longer be a threat,

for then I will know his secret identity.

[narrator] Later, in stately Wayne Manor, an incredible phenomenon occurs.

Bruce. You—

You too. We're both glowing.

Mr. Wayne, uh, Master Dick.

This glow won't come out of your costumes.

I've tried everything.

And, oh, yes, the Batphone, sir. Commissioner Gordon.

Batman, a devastating tape recording was just delivered by messenger to my office.

You must hear it at once. Listen.

[Catwoman on recording] By now, Batman and Robin,

you know that the gas in the tunnel was radioactive.

Your bodies will glow, shine like beacons for 24 hours.

When you appear in public in your secret identities, I will know who you are.

Your careers as crime fighters will be over.

What does this mean, Batman?

[Bruce over radio] I'll call back and tell you, commissioner. Goodbye.

Big deal. We don't go out as Bruce Wayne and Dick Grayson for 24 hours, that's all.

No, Dick, it's not so simple.

Tomorrow is election day and Bruce Wayne must go to the polls to vote.

- It's my duty as a citizen. - But you can't, Bruce.

Catwoman will know you're Batman.

Maybe. Unless we can break down this chemical.

Come on. To the Batlab.

[narrator] The next day, all Gotham City turns out to vote.

And watching from her secret observation post,

Catwoman suddenly gets the answer she has been waiting for.

Now I know for sure. Millionaire Bruce Wayne is Batman.

[narrator] Disaster of disasters.

Catwoman has discovered Batman's true identity.

Or has she?

Stay tuned for the incredible second part of "The Nine Lives of Batman."

Coming up next.

By now, Batman and Robin,

you know that the gas in the tunnel was radioactive.

Your bodies will glow, shine like beacons for 24 hours.

When you appear in public in your secret identities, I will know who you are.

Your careers as crime fighters will be over.

[narrator] Having perpetrated her perfidious ploy,

Catwoman waits smugly for the Caped Crusader to reveal his true identity.

[Catwoman] Millionaire Bruce Wayne.

He must be Batman.

[narrator] But can you be sure, Catwoman?

Isn't that Commissioner Gordon glowing too?

And Chief O'Hara?

[growls]

Batman tricked me.

Commissioner, why do you suppose Batman asked you to have Mr. Wayne

and us sprayed with this awful glowing chemical?

Beats me, Chief O'Hara.

One doesn't question the Caped Crusader when he makes a request, does one?

Come in, Robin. Report.

Nothing suspicious yet, Batman.

[mischievous music playing]

Batman and Robin just started transmitting on a high sonic frequency, Catwoman.

Can our new remote-control, anti-burglar alarm cut-off jam it, Tabby?

Oh, sure. Easy.

There's the Boy Wonder in the Batmobile.

I'll make sure he sees me, and then start up fast.

Catwoman.

Robin to Batman. I've spotted her.

- [Tabby] He's sending. - Jam his signal.

She's in a "Miss Kitty's Woolen Mill" truck.

Am in pursuit. Out.

Come in. Come in, Robin.

Hmm. That's odd.

[suspenseful music playing]

[engine revving]

- And you haven't heard from Robin, Alfred? - No, Mr. Wayne.

It's not like him to miss a radio check.

[Tabby] Looking for something, Wonder Boy?

The cat's meows.

[grunts]

I'm worried, Alfred. Robin's way overdue.

I shouldn't worry too much, sir. He is rather resourceful, you know?

There. His homing radar signal will bring Batman right to us.

I think I'd better—

Wait, sir. It's Master Robin's homing signal.

Good lad. Stand by for contact, Alfred. I'll find him with the Batcopter.

[heroic music playing]

I'm getting very close.

[Catwoman over speaker] Just close enough, Batman.

You want Robin?

Go get him in that tank.

Hang on, chum. You'll be out in a second.

- No. Don't. The tank's wired. - [Batman] Great guns.

- If I break that glass. - [Catwoman] There'll be a loud boom.

[Catwoman laughs]

The Batpulley will do it.

Hang on, Robin.

He carries a hardware store in that belt of his.

Release the ring of fire.

Boy. Wait till I get that Catwoman.

Easy, chum. Let's keep our cool.

That's going to be hard to do, Batman. Look.

- Know what we can do? - The water tank.

Check. Load Batslings with explosive pellets.

Hurry. Now.

[Catwoman purrs]

[Catwoman] I knew I would get them one way or another.

Quicksand, Caped Crusaders.

The world's most dangerous natural killer.

Tonight, Tabby, we celebrate.

Every jewelry store, every safe, every bank is ours for the taking.

Won't that be nice? [chuckles]

Have you worked your hands free yet?

Just about.

Good. Activate your jet heel units, and let's hope they work.

[rumbling]

To the Batcopter.

[narrator] Meanwhile, at the Gotham Diamond Exchange,

the feline felon and her terrible tabbies indulge in an orgy of theft.

- [Tabby] When the Bat's away… - [Catwoman] The cats can play.

[Tabby & Catwoman chuckle]

- You. - How'd you bypass our anti-alarm cut-out?

If you could jam our sonic frequency, we can jam yours.

[Robin] And we just did.

[Catwoman growls] Get them.

[Robin] Watch out, Batman.

I hate to cast pearls before swine, but…

Look, Batman. Catwoman's getting away.

I'll get her.

There you are. Snug as a bug.

[grumbling]

Tricked. Trapped. [grumbling]

So, what else is new, Pussycat?

The game is yours, Batman, but you've used up your nine lives.

When we meet again, and I promise you we will,

there will be a different ending.

The tantalizing tigress of terror is behind real bars now

thanks to you, Caped Crusaders.

She wasn't easy, sir.

Yes, she gave us a workout, commissioner, and I'm ready for a short rest.

You mean like a catnap? Hmm?

[all laughing]

[narrator] The Gotham City Library,

where Batgirl, in her guise as plain Bab Gordon, is librarian.

Oh, no, not him again.

[laughing]

[suspenseful music playing]

[thuds]

Holy collision.

The Dynamic Duo.

- You dropped this. - Oh, thank you, Boy Wonder.

[Babs] You won't believe this, Batman,

but The Joker's been borrowing books on pirate lore by the dozens.

He must be up to something.

[Batman] Not necessarily.

He may just be improving his mind.

I don't care what Batman says. I think The Joker's up to no good.

And I'm going to find out as Batgirl.

[narrator] A little while later, the girl Caped Crusader arrives

at a sandspit of land far out in Gotham Bay.

What's this? A ship with The Joker's name and flag?

[Joker] Dig, me hearties. Dig, we must.

[laughing]

So that's The Joker's game. He's making a movie of Treasure Island.

But why is that camera pointing away?

[thuds, then Batgirl shouts]

She's out cold, Joker.

Take her to the ship.

While you languish here, I and my hearties

will continue our spectacular production of the ages.

[laughing]

The Joker took my utility bag, but not my Bat-buckle.

I must signal for help.

[beeping] SOS from Batgirl.

- Plot it, chum. - Roger.

It's coming from Skull Island.

[Batman] To the Batboat. Fast.

[narrator] At this moment, in the Joker's ship's brig,

Batgirl finds she can reach the Jolly Joker ensign and cleverly turns it upside down.

[Robin] Look, on that old pirate ship.

- An upside down flag. - It's the international distress signal.

Let's go, Robin.

[theme music playing]

Repel boarders!

Avast, swabs. I'll torpedo those two.

Bat-hooks out.

[grunting]

[Robin] Look out, Batman.

[laughing]

[Batgirl] About time you two got here.

What's this movie caper about?

The Joker's not making a movie. The cameras are empty.

I saw a map on the set

and it shows a treasure buried on the island by a Captain Krink.

There's no Captain Krink in Treasure Island.

But there was a gangster named Big Arnie

who pulled a $10 million heist from Krink's Armored Car Service.

He buried the loot and left a map of its whereabouts before he died.

Great. So, what do we do now?

We are prisoners, and Joker took our utility belts.

But The Joker didn't take this away from me.

[Robin] A hairpin?

- What good is that? - Watch.

Beautiful. Let's go lower the boom on Long John Joker.

- I've had enough. - This is murder.

Mutinous dogs. Dig until I tell you to stop.

If the loot's not here, move to a new spot.

The Joker must be around here somewhere.

[Batgirl] Help!

[both laughing]

[Batgirl] Very funny. But I landed on something hard.

[Robin] Holy pieces of eight. A chest.

We've found Big Arnie's loot.

Dig, men, dig. We'll all be rich.

Guess The Joker's crew got discouraged

- just a few inches away from finding it. - [Batman] Easy, now.

Holy smokes.

My goodness.

Are you kidding, Batman? That's merely millions.

Just bear with my spendthrift ways while we change The Joker's script.

- But why? - You'll see, chum.

Go draw The Joker and his buccaneers away for a while.

Okay.

Yo-ho-ho! And The Joker's a creep.

The Boy Wonder. After him.

[suspenseful music playing]

- Here's the Bat-lung. You know what to do? - Of course. See you later.

[ominous music playing]

That's the Boy Wonder's last cliffhanger. [laughs]

Back to the digs, me boyos.

Look, the chest. We've found it. [laughs]

They've taken the bait. To the Batboat.

- How did it go? - Great. Hang on.

Now to open the chest and get the goodies.

Batboat to starboard!

[Joker] The blasted dynamic dodoes.

- Batgirl. - Shiver your timbers, and raise your hands, Joker.

[heroic music playing]

Unlimber the cannon.

- They're firing a cannon. - Stand by for evasive action.

Joker's slowed them down. I'll help them catch up.

[Joker] Avast, ye lubbers!

[heroic music playing]

I must escape. Aah!

[Robin] Looks like Long John Joker's struck his colors.

[Joker] You won, Batman. But the loot, where is it?

Gone with the island winds, Joker.

But that was a fortune in greenbacks.

And all counterfeit.

The Krink's car that Big Arnie heisted was a decoy.

And left the map for suckers?

[laughing]

What's that hyena laughing at now?

[Joker] Just this, Batgirl.

You can't jail me for looking for phony money I never really found.

No, but the laugh's on you.

I'm locking you up for making a movie without a permit.

What? You can't do that to me.

[all laughing]

[theme music playing]

[tires squealing]