Batman TV Episode: Smack In The Middle

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Appearing in "Smack In The Middle"

Featured Characters:

• Batman
• Robin

Supporting Characters:

• Alfred
• Commissioner Gordon
• Chief O'Hara
• Aunt Harriet Cooper

Villains:

• The Riddler
• Mole Hill Mob

• Harry
• Molly (Dies in this issue)

Other Characters:

• Moldavian Prime Minister
• Inspector Basch

Locations:

• Gotham City

• Gotham City Police Department
• Wayne Manor
• Batcave
• Orleans Cove (First appearance)

Items:

• Batphone
• Batarang
• Bat-Hook
• Mammoth of Moldova (First appearance)

Vehicles:

• Batmobile
  

Synopsis for "Smack In The Middle"

In The Batcave, Batman's attempts to contact his junior partner in crimefighting are met with futility; alerted by Alfred about Aunt Harriet's having a fit on noticing their beds were slept in, The Caped Crusader tells him to put her at ease by saying they're spending the night at Bruce's uncle's house. Meanwhile, The Riddler's "operation" on Robin involved only the making of plastic surgery cast from Robin's masked face, used to make a perfect "Robin" mask for Molly. After enticing The Caped Crusader with a couple of riddles, The Prince Of Puzzlers and Molly (as The Boy Wonder) lead Batman on a merry chase outside the abandoned turtle mill at Orleans Cove before their vehicle is disabled by The Batray. The Riddler makes his escape as Molly tricks The Batman into taking her into The Batcave. There, the keen-eyed hero spots the defect in the mask caused by the straws they gave Robin through which to breathe. An unmasked Molly, after making an unsuccessful attempt to shoot Batman, makes a break for it; The Caped Crusader chases her to the top of the atomic pile (used to power The Batmobile), where she lets go of Batman's hand and falls to her untimely death.

The Caped Crusader rescues the true Boy Wonder, but that rapacious Riddler manages to escape to The Moldavian Pavilion, where a gathering will honor the famous Mammoth Of Moldavia, which is stuffed with used, yet priceless Moldavian postage stamps. The Riddler plans to steal The Mammoth, and so he drenches the pavilion with nitrous oxide, dresses in an outrageous costume and elephant mask which conceals his protective gas mask, and entertains the guests with a few jokes until everyone has fallen unconscious from laughter. The Riddler and The Mole Hill Mob blast a hole through the floor and make ready to pilfer the priceless pachyderm when The Dynamic Duo leap out from inside the huge beast and subdue The Mob; whilst The Riddler runs for the rat hole and leaps into it. Batman leaps after him, and The Riddler shoots at him, misses, and hits a tank of noxious oxide causing it to explode, but not before Batman takes cover. The Riddler's body was never recovered, so it's assumable he will definitely live to plague Gotham City another day... but not if The Dynamic Duo can help it. (BTB, the lawsuit against Batman was thrown out of court, since The Riddler failed to show.)

Trivia

Riddles:

• What kind of pins are uses in soup?

• Tear pins

• What was Joan of Arc maid of?

• made of Orleans .

• How many sides is a circle?

• 2, inside and outside.

• What president of the United States wears the biggest had?

• The one with the biggest head.

See Also

• Discuss Smack In The Middle on the forums
• Episodes of Batman (1966 TV Series)
• Images from Batman (1966 TV Series)
• Gallery for the Batman (1966 TV Series) series

Cast

Character	Actor
Batman	Adam West
Robin	Burt Ward
Commissioner Gordon	Neil Hamilton
Chief O'Hara	Stafford Repp
Alfred	Alan Napier
Aunt Harriet	Madge Blake
The Riddler	Frank Gorshin
Harry	Unknown
Molly	Unknown

Recommended Media

• None.

Links and References

• "Smack In The Middle" at Wikipedia
• "Smack In The Middle" at TV.com
• "Smack In The Middle" at IMDB

Footnotes

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