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Hey guys, Jasper here from ISYS100 Trio to do another
television show review for our blog. The television show I will be reviewing
today is an episode from Batman the Brave and the Bold. There is also a TL;DR just for those who don't like reading.
Episode Summary
Battle of the Superheroes is an episode where it starts off
with Batman arriving in metropolis to help Superman. Soon enough the pair foil
Lex Luthor’s robbery at a gem facility and Superman asks Batman to stick around
so that they can work together.
Later on Toyman is seen robbing a bank but Superman is able
to stop him from getting away. As usual there are reporters and Louis lane and
Jimmy Olsen turn up to interview Superman. It should be noted that just before
the robbery the two reporters are given gifts, embedded with some sort of red
crystal, which they believe are from Superman himself. Wearing the new gifts
Superman is exposed to the red crystal and changes behaviour. He now wishes to
end Toyman’s life for good but just as Superman vaporises Toyman, Batman swoops
in and gets Toyman out of the way. Not caring about his superhero morals,
Superman then flies away. Superman then goes and creates trouble throughout
Metropolis including blocking the sun on the beach, tying a knot in a bridge
and placing a cat in a tree.
Batman decides to investigate Superman’s change in behaviour
and collects the so called gifts that were given to the two reporters. Studying
these gifts, Batman then finds out that the red crystal is actually red
kryptonite.
Superman decides to make himself ‘King Superman’ of
Metropolis and is seen demanding gifts from citizens. As this is happening
Batman returns in an armoured Batsuit and battles it out with Superman. Finally
Batman is bested and Superman is about to crush him, however Batman was
delaying Superman’s exposure to the red kryptonite and Superman then becomes his
original self. Batman explains that he was exposed to red kryptonite, however
the only person who knew of this secret was Lex Luthor, who was supposed to be in jail.
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Upon finding Lex Luthor he explains that Metropolis would
have been at his mercy after Batman and Superman had finished battling. As this
is not the case Lex Luther pulls out a ray gun and fires a beam at Batman who
is knocked down and appears to be unconscious. Superman swipes the gun out of
Lex Luthor’s hand but is then succumbed due to the green kryptonite in Lex
Luthor’s ring. Surprisingly Superman gets back up and resists, as if the green
kryptonite had no effect on him, and takes down Lex Luthor as well as removing his ring.
It turns out that Batman and Superman had switched costumes and by doing so
were able to foil Lex Luther.
TL;DR
Batman takes a working vacation in metropolis to help
superman, but a friend becomes foe when the man of steel is exposed to red
kryptonite, turning him into a power-hungry tyrant who brooks no disobedience.
My Thoughts
I enjoyed this episode as I found it to be similar to the concept
of the recent movie, Batman v. Superman: Dawn of Justice, where Batman fights
against Superman. Although it is a cartoon I enjoy watching it as it is part of
the DC comics universe and there is always a different story and adventure which includes Batman and his superhero counterparts. The occurrences of the events made sense as they carried over to
another event and there was humour throughout the episode.
You can catch more adventures of Batman the Brave and the
Bold at 12:30 pm every weekdays, and at 5:30 pm on Saturdays on channel 93/99.
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