The Adventures of Batman is an animated television series produced by Lou Schiemer's Filmation studios.
It showcased the 12-minute Batman segments from The Batman/Superman Hour, sometimes broken up by and surrounding another cartoon from Filmation's fast-growing stream of superhero stars.
A re-branded 30-minute version premiered on CBS on September 13, 1969 as Batman with Robin the Boy Wonder.
Two-segment stories
Episode Title Original air date Summary
01 My Crime Is Your Crime 9/14/1968 Batman and Robin are thrown for a loop when they arrest Joker and Penguin for crimes they didn't commit.
02 The Cool, Cruel Mr. Freeze 9/21/1968 Mr. Freeze causes havoc in his quest to ransom $1 billion from the city and he uses a captured whale for his caper.
03 How Many Herring in a Wheelbarrow? 9/28/1968 Joker raids technology firms to build a powerful solar mirror he can use as a laser weapon.
04 The Nine Lives of Batman 10/5/1968 Catwoman traps Batman and exposes him to a radioactive gas that will allow her to identify him in his secret identity.
05 Bubi, Bubi, Who's Got the Ruby? 10/12/1968 Bruce Wayne is captured by Penguin in the robbery of a valuable ruby. Unfortunately for Penguin, Catwoman is also after the ruby.
06 The Big Birthday Caper 10/19/1968 Riddler and Penguin try to expose Batman by staging a mammoth birthday party for him and wealthy businessman Bruce Wayne.
07 Partners in Peril 10/26/1968 A deadly contest is staged by Joker, Penguin, and Riddler to one up each other and gain control of Gotham City's criminal empire. Soon Catwoman gets involved.
08 Hizzoner the Joker 11/2/1968 Joker runs for Gotham mayor and is able to win.
09 The Crime Computer 11/9/1968 Penguin seizes a mammoth computer to use to outwit Batman.
10 A Game of Cat and Mouse 11/16/1968 Catwoman steals the Crown Jewels, which Joker is also after.
11 Will the Real Robin Please Stand Up? 11/23/1968 A youth who bears a stunning resemblance to Robin is used by Catwoman when he ends up with amnesia.
12 Simon the Pieman 11/30/1968 A flamboyant criminal pastry chef named Simon the Pieman and his gang steal valuables under the cover of a carnival after they had disposed of Joker, Penguin, Riddler, Catwoman, and Mr. Freeze.
13 From Catwoman with Love 12/7/1968 Catwoman sends Batman a cat for Valentine's Day, a cat whose fur gives off radio waves.
14 A Perfidious Pieman Is Simon 12/14/1968 Simon the Pieman steals four million Turkish coins and is pursued to an electrical plant.
15 The Fiendishly Frigid Fraud 12/21/1968 A freak bombardment of meteors made of pure ice allows Mr. Freeze to stage a mammoth hoax.
16 The Jigsaw Jeopardy 12/28/1968 Riddler plans to blow up Gotham's art gallery and winds up trapping The Caped Crusaders as well.
17 It Takes Two to Make a Team 1/4/1969 Joker, Penguin, and Riddler are after an Incan Treasure Map. They plan to break up the Dynamic Duo by making Robin jealous of Batgirl.
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One-segment stories
Episode Title Original Airdate Summary
18 A Bird Out of Hand 9/14/1968 Penguin unexpectedly goes straight.
19 The Joke's on Robin 9/21/1968 Robin seems to lose his skills after he rescues a man from drowning thanks to the Joker.
20 In Again, Out Again Penguin 9/28/1968 Penguin commits crimes and frames them on Batman even though he's supposedly incarcerated.
21 Long John Joker 10/5/1968 Joker makes a movie about pirates - cover to find the haul from a long-forgotten armored car theft.
22 1001 Faces of the Riddler 10/12/1968 Riddler becomes an expert at disguises.
23 Two Penguins Too Many 10/19/1968 Real penguins wind up helping Penguin and Joker.
24 The Underworld Underground Caper 10/26/1968 Riddler and Catwoman use an underground drill to commit robberies.
25 Freeze's Frozen Vikings 11/2/1968 Mr. Freeze uses a Viking hoax to commit robberies.
26 The Great Scarecrow Scare 11/9/1968 Scarecrow steals a painting and captures Batgirl as part of his plot to dispose of the Dynamic Duo.
27 Beware of Living Dolls 11/16/1968 Dollman uses his dolls to pull off a crime spree.
28 He Who Swipes the Ice, Goes to the Cooler 11/23/1968 Mr. Freeze's diamond heist goes wrong.
29 A Mad, Mad Tea Party 11/30/1968 Mad Hatter starts an Alice in Wonderland-based gang in a plot to steal a priceless antique teapot to use as part of his mad tea party.
30 Perilous Playthings 12/7/1968 Catwoman and her henchman crash the production of "Tom Thumb in Toyland" and use toy-based plots to defeat the Dynamic Duo.
31 Cool, Cruel Christmas Caper 12/14/1968 Mr. Freeze disguises himself as Santa Claus.
32 Enter the Judge 12/21/1968 An international criminal who is incarcerated on the island prison Satan Island ends up escaping disguised as a judge when his pardon is denied. Now he is going around crashing criminal trials gaining the Cosgrove Gang and other low-level crooks as his jury henchmen in a plot to eliminate all crimefighters.
33 Wrath of the Riddler 12/28/1968 Riddler uses a construction site as his hideout.
34 Opera Buffa 1/4/1969 Joker seemingly traps Batman, but is haunted by his apparent ghost when he tries to steal a valuable tiara at an opera.
