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Zelda, The Great returns to town to steal her yearly stash of money. On her visit she tricks Aunt Harriet into believing that Dick is hurt and lures her into a trap which leaves her suspended over a vat of boiling oil.
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  • Aunt Harriet abducted and held over a pot of boiling oil.

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    Excellent performance by Anne Baxter (one of the best around) as a frustrated magician reluctantly turning to a life of crime. She robs a bank but Batman plants a false story in the papers that the money she stole was counterfiet. Zelda then kidnaps Aunt Harriet. Batman later relents that the story was false in order to save Aunt Harriet from the pot of boiling oil. Batman and Robin are then lured into a trap, an inescapable death chamber from which they free themselves, little realizing there are 2 gunman in hiding ready to shoot them until Zelda, feeling self-conscious about it all, warns them in time.moreless

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    • When Batman and Robin realized that the suspect is a female, Robin said it was Catwoman, but Batman said it wasn't her she's down in the river which happened in Scat, Darn Catwoman. Edit
    • When Batman tells Commissioner Gordon to be on the lookout for a female suspect, Gordon seems shocked at the thought of a criminal being a female although Robin had mentioned Catwoman only seconds earlier. Edit
    • It seems odd that Commissioner Gordon would have O'Hara turn on the Bat Signal before he'd even tried the Bat Phone. He couldn't have known Batman wouldn't be near his phone before he called. Edit
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    • In an ironic twist, Batman and Robin do not have a cliffhanger at the end of this episode, it is Aunt Harriet who is left hanging over a fire. Edit
    • This was Anne Baxter's first appearance on the show but her only one as Zelda. She later would appear in the final season as Egghead's paramour Olga, Queen of the Cossacks. Edit
    • Zsa Zsa Gabor and Bette Davis were considered for the role of Zelda. Gabor eventually wound up playing Minerva in the series finale, Minerva, Mayhem And Millionaires. Edit
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    • Robin (to Batman): Holy backfires! What have they done to Aunt Harri... (Robin notices a guy near them) What have they done to that Mrs. Cooper? (cuts to Zelda the Great's hideout as Zelda is present with Aunt Harriet in a straitjacket and hanging over a vat of boiling oil) Narrator: Holy backfire's right. Aunt Harriet has just one hour!! What'll it be?? Splash or salvation?? Hold a hopeful breath for Aunt Harriet until tomorrow. Same Bat-Time!! Same Bat-Channel!! Edit
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