Robin the Boy Wonder is the eager, youthful sidekick of Batman, the Caped Crusader, the vigilante crime-fighting alias of millionaire playboy Bruce Wayne. Introduced in 1940 as orphaned acrobat Dick Grayson in the DC comic book series Batman, Robin was played by Burt Ward in the 1966 television series on ABC.
As played by Burt Ward, Robin has a cute, boyish face, clean-cut, brown hair, and a compact, athletic physique which fits perfectly with his character's acrobatic background. His colorful outfit, with his dark green mask, gloves, and booties, his bright, red shirt, his shiny, yellow cape, his tight, green panties, and his form-fitting, flesh-color leggings, certainly catches the audience's attention.
Due to his youth, inexperience, and smaller size, the Boy Wonder is clearly the weak link in the Dynamic Duo, which their opponents often seek to exploit. Robin is also cocky, enthusiastic, and overly eager to prove his independent crime-fighting abilities, especially to Batman. He is often in trouble and in need of rescue.
This week's villain is Riddler.
In the first episode, Riddler's moll Pauline, dressed as Little Bo Peep, uses her shepherd's staff to blow sleeping gas into the unsuspecting Boy Wonder's face. Then, Robin is placed on a conveyor belt heading to a vertical buzz saw.
In the next episode, it is revealed that Robin is replaced on the conveyor belt by a mannequin which was dressed like the Boy Wonder.
Favorite shots:
In the first episode, Robin is left in the Batmobile while Batman investigates a lemonade party. Riddler's moll Pauline approaches the Boy Wonder in a Little Bo Peep costume with a riddle. While the amazingly obtuse, young sidekick turns around to contact the Caper Crusader with his bat communicator, the girl sprays the boy with sleeping gas.
Riddler places Robin on a conveyor belt leading to a buzz saw. However, he replaces the Boy Wonder with a mannequin, which the Caped Crusader fails to rescue.
Riddler then places Robin on the ledge of a tall building, from which the villain pushes the Boy Wonder. Batman executes one of his most improbable rescues with his batarang, which the young sidekick catches with his teeth.
One of the best capture scenes, being gassed by Little Bo Peep. Holy Humiliation !!!
ReplyDeleteThen mocked by Riddler's Gang as he's laid out in front of them. Double Humiliation.
Indeed. :-)
DeleteThey Boy Wonder tends to underestimate female adversaries and frequently gets bested by them.
I know !!!! I love when the molls capture him singlehanded !!!! That would be awesome if they showed the molls laughing at him.
DeleteAbsolutely!! However, I am constantly amazed how the molls automatically hand the Boy Wonder to the villain, rather than having fun with the young sidekick.
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