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Green Ice (1)

Episode Number: 53    Season Num: 2    First Aired: November 9, 1966    Prod Code: 9725-Pt. 1
Mr. Freeze returns to continue his plans for revenge against Batman and Robin for condemning him to live in subzero temperatures, and thus terrorize Gotham City. Having broken jail in an ice cram truck, Freeze kidnaps Miss Iceland from the finals of The Miss Galaxy Beauty Pageant, planning to lower her body temperature to his level and then marry her. Later, he makes an appearance at Police HQ and, hiding in an air conditioner vent, uses his horrendous Freeze Gun to freeze Commissioner Gordon, Chief O'Hara, and their entire office. The Dynamic Duo are alerted to The Commissioner's peril, and they rush by Batmobile to rescue their frigid friends. Moments later, a giant block of ice containing money (cold hard cash!!!) is delivered to Batman and Robin, sent by Mr. Freeze, which the local newspapers perceive as a bribe, as the first step in the cool, cruel fiend's plot to taint the saintly image of The Batman, rendering Miss Iceland's kidnapping only secondary.

Not long after, Freeze and 2 of his henchmen make an appearance at a party being given at Wayne Manor, and after freezing Bruce Wayne, Dick Greyson, Aunt Harriet and all of the guests in the reflecting pool, Shivers and Chill, two more of Freeze's lackies, arrive dressed as The Caped Crusader and The Boy Wonder and make a shambled mockery of the pair by losing a battle with Freeze's other men. The fake heroes quickly beat a hasty retreat, followed by Mr. Freeze and his frozen flunkies. Noble butler Alfred Pennyworth, who had been inside the house preparing refreshments all the while during the robbery, arrives in time to spot the guests frozen in the pool, and he quickly activates the pools heater, releasing them. The Dynamic Duo trace The Frosty Felon to his hideout in a cold storage plant next to The Frosty Freezy Company Factory, where they become quick-frozen by Mr. Freeze's trusty freeze gun and then taken to the factory, where thy are slated to become giant Frosty Freezies (Batman a pineapple one, Robin, lime!)!

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Writer: Max Hodge
Director: George Waggner
Star: Adam West (Bruce N. Wayne/Batman),  Madge Blake (Aunt Harriet Cooper [ seasons 1-2 ]),  Burt Ward (Richard "Dick" Grayson/Robin The Boy Wonder),  Alan Napier (Alfred Pennyworth),  Stafford Repp (Chief O'Hara),  William Dozier (the narrator),  David Lewis (Warden Crichton),  Byron Keith (Mayor Linseed),  Neil Hamilton (I) (Commissioner James W. Gordon)
Recurring Role: Byron Keith (Mayor Lindseed),  James O'Hara (Police Sergeant)
Guest Star: Dee Hartford (Miss Iceland),  Nicky Blair (Shivers),  Kem Dibbs (Chill),  Charlie O'Donnell (TV Newsman),  Robert Wiensko (Iceman),  Mike Durkin (Little Boy),  Marie Windsor (Nellie Majors),  Otto Preminger (Mr. Freeze),  Joan Twelve (Bathing Beauty)

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Dee Hartford who guest starred as Miss Iceland
guest starred with Adam West as his fiancee in
Gunsmoke. The episode is "Ash". released February 1963. (edit)
Repeated on ABC July 12, 1967. (edit)
Here is yet another Bat-episode to feature a character other than Bruce Wayne to dress as Batman. Others to feature pseudo-Batmen are Episode #8707-Pt. 1, "Instant Freeze," #8711-Pt. 2, "When the Rat's Away the Mice Will Play," #9705-Pt. 2, "Walk the Straight and Narrow," and #9747-Pt. 2, "The Joker's Epitaph." (edit)
Speaking of irritating, how many times could Preminger say "Wild!" in a single episode? Quite a few, apparently... (edit)
Notice also that now Mr. Freeze only has a freeze gun. In the first season his gun could also fire heat/flame beams which would have been rather useful against the Dynamic Duo here. (edit)

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Robin: Gosh Batman, dig those flavors; Lemon-Lime, Orange, Raspberry, Pineapple...
Mr. Freeze: Pick your choice, Boy Wonder! (edit)

Trivia

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So exactly what does turning someone into an Freezie constitute? It seems to involve more than simply freezing them (since the Duo's bat skivvies protect them from cold). If Mr. Freeze is going to melt them that involves heat, not cold. So is he going to turn them into ice, or what? Truly the silliest of Batman cliff-hangers, although there are many to choose from. (edit)

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