Episode Title Card
The Bat-Creature
Batman
Francine turning into the Bat - Creature
Batman chasing the Bat - Creature in the Batwing
Francine turned back to normal
Kirk and Francine reunited
Season 2 Episode 17 On a dark night in Gotham, a couple of dockworkers are suddenly assaulted by a giant bat creature that is very interested in the fruit that they are loading. After gorging itself on some choice pieces, it takes off into the skies and returns home. Dr. Kirk Langstrom awakens in a panic, disturbed by his nightmares. His wife Francine, asks him what is wrong but he say's it's nothing. However, when he heads for the window, he finds the remains of some fruit the Man - Bat had eaten along with some rather large claw marks on the carpet. The dockworkers explain the attack to some rather skeptical police, but Batman is listening in, and knows exactly what they are talking about. He heads out to confront Dr. Langstrom. That morning, Francine finds the torn up rug in the garbage and realizes what's going on. She goes to ask her father, Dr. March, about Kirk, and he tells her that Kirk has been in the lab since morning. Francine confronts Kirk, who is working on a formula that he claims is a cure. Batman arrives, and Kirk continues to deny that he's deliberately turning into the Man - Bat, blaming Batman for failing to properly cure him. Unable to take the stress, Francine runs from the room while Batman takes a DNA sample from Kirk to confirm that he's telling the truth. Outside, Batman is attacked by the Man - Bat. This creature has a distinctive advantage over Batman, and he is forced to flee on the Batcycle. In the subway, Batman eventually manages to snag the Man - Bat with his grapple, but it's too strong and the Batcycle is destroyed by a train. Fortunately, he has managed to get a hair sample, which is all he needs to run his tests. Meanwhile, Francine has left Kirk, who is desperately making calls to the airport. Batman arrives and tells him that his tests have proven that Kirk was in fact cured, and that this is a new Bat - Creature. Kirk tries to figure out who it is, but Batman tells him to focus on getting Francine back. Batman goes to Dr. March's lab and checks his files. March catches him and threatens to use a tranquilizer on him. March admits that he's the one who made the new bat serum and he still believes that only a bat creature can survive the evonlutionary cataclysm. Batman disarms him and demands some answers. March explains that he worked through the night to refine the formula to make it even stronger, but Francine walked in on him and in his surprise, he dropped the formula on the floor. Suddenly, March becomes horrified when he remembers that Francine, blissfully ignorant of his experiments, tries to help him clean up the mess, but a shard of glass got cought in her skin and she was injected with the serum. Batman angrily asks Dr. March what it will take for him to end the madness and leaves. Realizing that things have gone too far and what his work have led to, March destroys his files. During the flight, Francine complains to the stewardess that she's not feeling well. Unbeknownst to her, Kirk is on the plane and asks her to come home, claiming that it can be proved that he's not the Man - Bat. Francine agrees, but she's struck by another attack and runs into the bathroom where she transforms. Unhappy with the confinement, she breaks through the plane door causing the cabin to depressurize. Kirk is sucked out of the cabin and the Bat - Creature dives after him. Batman, aboard the Batwing, cannot yet interfere as a stewardess is also sucked from the plane and he has to save her. Once the stewardess is safely aboard the plane and it has been properly closed, Batman goes after the Bat - Creature. Bat - Creature, who is carrying her unconscious husband, is unhappy to see Batman following her. She flies to the top of the Gotham Bridge Tower where Batman confronts her and shoots her with the antidote, but it doesn't work. Bat - Creature attacks him and in the fight Batman is nearly forced off the tower, but manages to climb back on and shoots Bat - Creature with another dosage of the serum. The second injection also seems be ineffective, but at last it takes effect and Francine returns to her normal self. Disoriented, she almost falls from the tower, but Kirk manages to save her, vowing not to let her go.
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