This episode I thought was not quite the best but good all the same. This episode introduced us to another bat villian "The Riddler" loved the voice acting by John Glover(Smallville) comical but somewhat dignififed yet chaotic and sort of obsessiveness with puzzles, and egotism due to his intelect all of what The Riddler is. I like how he is made into a character we feel some sympathy for, like most villans/super villians he was sort of driven into the role, circumstances pushed him into it when a crooked CEO creep fires him and embezeles his idea so The Riddler gets revenge.
I really loved the action in the maze it really kept me in suspesnse it had a video game pace to it. And there were a few close calls that made me jump from my seat, like that music puzzle or when they just about get decapitated from taking the wrong path marked Losers Ahead get it yeah I know bad pun; and that suspense in hoping they solve the puzzles right most notably the riddle of the Minator which actually is easy once you think about it, like all riddles.
I only had two problems with this episode though I didn't feel the action in the maze was long enough I felt Batman and Robin could of solved a few more puzzles. And I didn't like the fact that Batman and Robin got to the end of the maze so easily, the Hand of Fate obviously a Deus Ex Machina device, but then again it will work everytime.
But despite these flaws it was a good and rather suspenseful episode all the same. The ending was classic poetic justice, from what happens to the CEO creep at the end I can't help but feel that may of been The Riddlers plan all this time, to give him a riddle he may never solve.moreless
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Edward Nygma becomes the Riddler after being fired from his job by his crooked boss who stole Nygma's idea of the Minatour Maze and used it as his own. The Riddler lures Batman and Robin to his giant maze in attept to destroy them both as well as his old boss.moreless
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Hal RayleHenchman
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Gary FrankDan Mockridge
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John GloverEdward Nygma/The Riddler
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Efrem Zimbalist Jr.
Alfred Pennyworth
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Kevin Conroy
Bruce Wayne / Batman
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TRIVIA (4)
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John Glover is also best known for his work as Lionel Luther in Smallville another show based on another DC comics super hero telling the early Adventures of Superman.
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John Glover who does the voice of the Riddler also has a small part in 1997 live action movie Batman and Robin.
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In the scene where Riddler and his men are at the powerplant, the tied-up security guard's shadow is shaped like a question mark.
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When Batman and Robin reach the center of the maze, the Riddler's eye mask and gloves are the correct purple hue. Yet when they show it again a few moments later, the gloves and eye mask are now a washed out greyish purple color.
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Batman: I'll find Mockridge if I have to tear this place apart, Nygma!
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Batman: (about the Riddler's maze) I don't know what's worse – the traps or the puns.
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The Riddler: You have eight minutes, gentlemen, then Mockridge becomes the only good corporate shark – a dead one.
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Batman: Mockridge may have his money, but he won't be sleeping well. How much is a good night sleep worth? Now there's a riddle for ya!
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This episode is episode 12 on the Batman: The Animated Series Volume 2 DVD.
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This episode along with "Riddler's Reform" was released on VHS as The New Adventures Of Batman & Robin: Riddler.
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The sound effects in Edward Nygma's videogame are the same sound effects used in the classic NES Super Mario Bros. games of the 1980's.
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This episode marks the first appearance of the Riddler.
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Nygma's dispute with his former employer may have been an allusion to video game company Atari's policies in the early 1980s. At that time, Atari would not credit its programmers for their work nor give them royalties if the game sold well.
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As Nygma enters the 8th Floor at the start, J. Snow and T. Burgio are names on two doors before his. They refer to storyboard artist Jeff Snow and Vehicle and Prop Design Trish Burgio.
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Oklahoma! Batman: When is a minotaur's owner as high as an elephant's eye? The operative phrase of that riddle "as high as an elephant's eye" refers to a line in the song "Oh What A Beautiful Morning" from the Rodgers and Hammerstein's musical "Oklahoma!"
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