I'm not sure just how unoriginal the Batman writers can be, but this surely is an example of being unoriginally almost entirely. It's pretty obvious that this story was partly lifted from the story "The Island of Dr. Moreau". Of course, there is some originality as this Dr. Moreau has done less "conversions than the book version.
In this story, the man doctor creates some monkey/ape crosses with cats, and eventually moves to a man/ape hybrid. Finally, he creates "from scratch, so to speak" a cat-man. This cat-man monster (Tygrus) was created not by modifying a man or a cat, but mixing them both in a test tube. That at least is original to this story.
However, one has to wonder why our Doctor Dorian needs Celina to make a cat-woman, when he has proven able to make a cat-man. Why not just create a test tube verion like Tygrus? This question cannot be answered, but does help to make this episode useless.
I'm giving this episode half grades since although unoriginal in part, there's enough unique Batman to keep this from the bottom of the barrel. If you like sudden bad to good switches, then you'll like this one.
But I wonder what will happen to Garth since he would likely of had the "final" dosage?moreless
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Selina Kyle is kidnapped by an evil scientist who turns her into a real cat-woman.
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GUEST STAR Jim Cummings
Tygrus (credite...
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GUEST STAR Marc Singer
Dr. Kirk Langstrom
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GUEST STAR Joseph Maher
Dr. Emile Dorian
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Efrem Zimbalist Jr.
Alfred Pennyworth
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Kevin Conroy
Bruce Wayne / B...
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Batman: So, you can talk.
Tygrus: My father taught me.
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Catwoman: Won't you come with us? There's nothing for you here.
Tygrus: There's nothing for me anywhere.
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This episode is episode 14 on the Batman: The Animated Series Volume 2 DVD.
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Second appearance of Kirk Langstrom in the series. Here he ends up in a position opposite from his first appearance as a villian to an expert sought by Batman.
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Although he isn't credited for it, Jim Cummings obviously does the gorilla man, Garth.
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