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 villains are the Joker and the Penguin.
In the first episode, after a fight, the Dynamic Duo are dazed by sleeping powder thrown by Joker's moll Venus. They are then tied to a platform underneath a giant meteorite which is set to fall upon them after to a revolving flare burns through the rope.
In the second episode, Batman frees his hand, disables the flare, and frees himself and Robin before the meteorite falls upon the platform.
The Dynamic Duo are then caught in a net hanging from the ceiling and placed in a pool with a remorseful Venus and a giant clam which proceeds to swallow the Boy Wonder.
In the third episode, Batman breaks his chains and frees Robin from the clam.
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Robin has several peril scenes in this trio of episodes.
In the first episode, Robin is overpowered and carried by one of Joker's henchmen to the corner. Fortunately, Batman is still able to defeat Joker and his remaining henchmen. Robin quickly revives and joins Batman in time to be dazed by Venus' sleeping powder.
The second episode starts with Batman freeing his hand, disabling the flare, and freeing himself and Robin before the meteorite falls upon them.
During a subsequent fight, a couple of Joker's henchmen push Robin against a wall and take turns punching the young sidekick's gut. The Boy Wonder cries out for help from the Caped Crusader and is rescued.
Finally, placed in a pool with the remorseful Venus, Batman, and a giant clam, Robin is selected to be the first person to be eaten. Swallowed by the clam, Robin cries again pitifully for Batman's help.
In the third episode, Batman breaks his chains and frees Robin from the clam.
During a subsequent fight, Robin is overpowered again and carried by Joker's henchmen up the Batcave's nuclear reactor to be thrown into it. Fortunately, Batman again rescues the Boy Wonder.
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