Batman: The Animated Series

Entering the stage is Poison Ivy who has plans for revenge against Harvey Dent. She most certainly belongs in Arkham. Who gets that personal when it comes to plants? It also kind of weird to see Harvey before he becomes Two-face being a victim of a crime. I just think that he would had turn into his second personality right then and there and went after Poison Ivy. I do like how it later episodes though that two of them bring up this episode from time to time. The animation was kind of odd. Especially Poison Ivy's face during some parts of it. Still great episode.

This was easly the best Poison Ivy episode. It's not perfect, but its great. From the escape of that man when Harvey tells to Pam how Bruce is and at the same time Batman stoping that man...that part was excellent. The only thing that I don't like about this episode is in the final part, that rare plant that tried to eat Batman. You know I'm a fan of realistic Batman, as the representations of Batman Begins of The Dark Knight, I'm not such a fan of fantastic stuff. The episode was cleverly ploted, but kinda unnecessary, because we already know that it was Ivy who poisoned Harvey. Other than that, great episode.

The DA (and Bruce Wayne's good friend), Harvey Dent, is mysteriously poisoned. Batman sets out to discover who is behind this crime - and discovers the would-be killer is someone very close to home. Dent has been dating Pamela Isley, a botanist. What he doesn't know is that she wants him dead for what has to be the strangest motive ever for murder - she holds him responsible for the near-extinction of a rare rose. Near-extinction because she has the last example of it. This is the debut of Poison Ivy, psychotic but brilliant Batman villain.

So, the series has so far produced the Man-Bat, Joker, Scarecrow, Joker again, and now Poison Ivy, the first female villain to appear on the programme. This episode is not as good as 'Christmas with the Joker', nor as bad as 'The Last Laugh'. It is initially an average episode, with a few qualities that make it a little better.



The plot is rather good, original, and yet fitting in well with a Poison Ivy scheme and origin story. Harvey Dent destroys a lot of rare plants, which enrages the environment-obsessed Pamela Isley, who seduces him and gives him a poisonous kiss, which almost kills him. She becomes Poison Ivy, who protects plants. When Batman comes to her lair, she tries to kill him with her killer plants. All rather good stuff, but not as spectacular as in some other episodes.



Poison Ivy is in character, and she has a very good look, and the fact that she didn't have any accident that gave her environmental powers, and that she uses rare plants and natural poisons to her advantage make her all the more interesting.



This episode, like 'On Leather Wings', features Harvey Dent as a supporting character. This links nicely to the Two-Face episode, as it truly demonstrates the fact that Harvey and Bruce are very good friends, and we get a look at the Harvey Dent who is not suffering from mental traumas and personality disorders, which makes his transformation into Two-Face all the more tragic. Harvey Dent does not feature much, but his appearance is a nice touch to the episode.



The art and animation are very good, and Poison Ivy's lair is most notable for looking very convincing. The music is rather good too.



All-in-all, not a bad installment. Not quite as great as other Batman episodes, but not bad, not bad at all. 3/5.

In this episode not only do we get to meet Poison Ivy but we get to meet Harvey Dent as well . Even though Harvey had a small speaking line in "On Leather Wings" this is the first time he plays a main role , and is introduced as Bruce Wayne's friend. This episode is special in that it introduces Poison Ivy , an interesting character because she acctualy thinks she is doing the right thing. She in this episode, poisions Harvey Dent because he wreaked land and almost wiped out a species of plant to build a penitentiary. Above average.

we see that the d.a. harvey dent is digging. we see harvey on a date with pamela. later in this series they are two-face and poison ivy. pamela tries to poison harvey because of him trying to renovate land for a state prison which is where he might spend time.

Let me just say that this episode answered alot of my questions of how campy they would try to make this series when they introduced certain characters. some other fans/reviewers have pointed out the difference in the costume and the different origins of the "plant lady" but that's not what keeps this episode a notch or two below "great". it's the misplaced feministic views of Ivy. is she a plant lover or an ultra-feminist? or is she both? this kind of paradox confuses viewers as to what her motivations are for doing what she does. would she seek revenge if Bruce and Harvey were women who destroy the rare plant (whose name escapes me at the moment)? and as another user pointed out in episode notes/trivia, why didnt she go after Bruce first instead? aside from those issues, this was yet another great intro of a villianess that has long since been one of my faves.

Everyone says that Diane Pershing was a little shaky in this episode as Poison Ivy. Well true, her voice was a little more high pitched, but that is just as good. She really brings Poison Ivy to life.



Anyways: Poison Ivy has many different ways that she became. This is my favorite way that she becomes Poison Ivy. She becomes her because she hates that Harvey Dent and Bruce Wayne are tearing up a precious weed.



This episode definitely provides us with information on how she became. But my only question is: \"Why not go for Bruce first?\"



Rating out of 10 (10 being best): 10