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Batman Gotham Knights Season 2 Episode 2

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AIRED: 9/19/98

The villainous Farmer Brown creates a new breed of gigantic enhanced farm animals to wreak havoc on Gotham City.

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The classification I'm really looking for is underrated. That's right I said Critters, the most reviled of the reviled of Batman DCAU episodes, is underrated. Besides, being underrated it is a darkly comic at the whole Batman style and has the whole greatmoreless

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By Berlgess, Oct 19, 2010

This episode is like Frank Miller directing Batman '66 TV on acid, except less violent, less campy and kind of nothing like that comparison at all. But Critters is a fantastic, underrated episode, nonetheless.

Yet, the thing fans most compare this episode to is a return to the style and tone of the reviled Adam West classic of yesteryears. The reason is, of course, the villain's premise... a genetist farmer. Apparently, this over the top. Clayface, the Lazarus pit, Etrican and Klarion, Man-bat, and Tygrus. But Farmer Brown, looking like a more twisted version of American Gothic, is not played for laughs; instead, he is excellently underplayed by Peter Breck and Peter Breck's magnificent voice.

The script is a wonderful thing in itself. Written by the East Texan who brought us the solid 10er Read My Lips from an idea by the creator of Howard the Duck, this script has great pacing, most every line works for the story, and some great set pieces (love that almost Truman Show like indoor farm).

And the lines aren't especially evocative of a sillier form of comedy. They are like the humorous, sometimes hilarious lines, in many an installment of the animated adventures of the dark knigth detective.

Before letting this review ramble on to long for an episode loathed by most likely to read it, I should give mention to the excellent technical merit of the animation, creature design, and especially the score. I wish I knew more about musical scores so I could say something charming here, but I will say, the music captures the mood perfectly. There is a certain creepiness below the surface being evoked. Now thats what I call 'purdy.'

In the end, I'll dock the score for a few too many Robin one-liners, but those aren't particularly endemic to just this episode.moreless
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Robert Costanzo	Detective Harvey Bullock
Bob Hastings	Commissioner Jim Gordon
Tara Strong	Barbara Gordon / Batgirl
Kevin Conroy	Bruce Wayne / Batman
Mathew Valencia	Tim Drake / Robin

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Peter Breck	Farmer Brown	Guest Star
Dina Sherman	Emmylou	Guest Star
Jane Singer	Old Woman	Guest Star

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QUOTES (2)
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- Robin: We've just been run over by a cow.
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- (seeing a genetically engineered bull)
  Robin: Holy cow!
  Batgirl: You had to say it, didn't you?
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- This episode is generally reviled by fans of both the Batman comics and animated series, but considered a favorite for Bruce Timm and Paul Dini, the series' producers.
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- Nightwing and Alfred are absent in this episode.
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- Robin: Holy cow!
  In the 1966 Batman TV series, Burt Ward's Robin, when confronted with hard to beleive situations, would exclaim "Holy _____" inserting the name of the object into the blank.
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- Robin: Hey! Ferdinand!
  This is an allusion to the children's book "Ferdinand the Bull," whose main character is a big red bull.
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- Bullock: So you survive the Joker and the rest of those freaks, only to buy it from Jed Clampett and a bunch of bugs.
  Jed Clampett was the head of the family on The Beverly Hillbillies, played by Buddy Ebsen.
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