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 Egghead and Olga the Bessarovian Cossack Queen.
Favorite shots:
Egghead and Olga steal some radium and a prehistoric dinosaur egg, which they hope to hatch. They are disrupted by Robin and Batgirl, who fight the Bessarovian Cossacks with some level of skill and initial success. However, one of the Cossacks captures Batgirl and turns her over to Egghead, who threatens her with a sword and demands that Robin stop fighting. The distracted Boy Wonder is then quickly subdued by the remaining Cossacks, who appear to have been on the verge of closing in on, disarming and defeating the colorful sidekick anyway.
Robin and Batgirl are then forced to watch while Egghead attempts to hatch the prehistoric dinosaur egg. When Egghead taunts Robin and Batgirl with the idea of being eaten by the newly hatched dinosaur, the Boy Wonder makes a futile escape attempt which is easily defeated by the Cossacks.
Egghead, Olga, and the Cossacks are frightened into surrendering by the newly hatched dinosaur, leaving Robin and Batgirl to confront it alone. However, as the Boy Wonder and Batgirl make plans to attack the prehistoric beast, the newly hatched dinosaur turns out to be Batman in disguise.
This is one of my favorite third season episodes because it features a healthy amount of Robin time without Batman. The Boy Wonder also has a good opportunity to bond alone with Batgirl. Robin even manages to show off his fighting abilities to his potential girlfriend, gaining a good bit of momentum against the Cossacks, until Batgirl is captured and turned over to Egghead, allowing the remaining Cossacks to overwhelm the Boy Wonder.
Robin is even able to correctly deduce that the newly hatched dinosaur was Batman in disguise.
This blog is intended to promote the appreciation of Burt Ward's portrayal of Robin in the 1966 television series "Batman". You may purchase both episodes at the following link:
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