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 Catwoman.
In the first episode, Catwoman drugs Robin and converts him into one of her henchmen. Using the Boy Wonder as bait, she traps Batman and ties the Caped Crusader to a giant mousetrap with Robin cutting the rope which is keeping the trap from springing.
In the second episode, Batman is released by Catwoman after agreeing to be drugged like Robin.
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For fans of Robin peril, this is definitely an excellent pair of episodes.
In the first episode, Robin is giving a speech before a high-school graduating class. Afterwards, he is drugged backstage by Catwoman's protegee Pussycat and turns into a henchman. The Boy Wonder helps the villainess rob Wayne Manor and then the Prince of Gedallia's gift to the orphans of his country. Afterwards, Robin beats up Batman on Catwoman's orders.
Then, using the Boy Wonder as bait, Catwoman traps Batman and ties the Caped Crusader to a giant mousetrap with Robin cutting the rope which is keeping the trap from springing. Batman is released by Catwoman after agreeing to be drugged like Robin.
In the second episode, Robin is arrested while making the moves on Pussycat.
In this pair of episodes, Robin gets more quality time without Batman. Catwoman turns the Boy Wonder into a cocky, enthusiastic, and overly eager criminal. Unfortunately, unlike the "Sandman Cometh" and "Catwoman Goeth", where he does a nice turn underacting, the perky young Burt Ward overacts the part of the villainous sidekick in these episode. The results range from novel and amusing to ridiculous and hammy.
Robin is constantly trying to put the moves on Pussycat, who is playing hard-to-get. The Boy Wonder alternates between cocky overconfidence and trying hard to impress.
After Robin is arrested by the police, fans may have appreciated scenes in which the Boy Wonder is placed in a holding cell with hardened criminals with his cute, boyish face, clean-cut, brown hair, compact, athletic physique, dark green mask, gloves, and booties, bright, red shirt, shiny, yellow cape, tight, green panties, and form-fitting, flesh-color leggings. This is certainly a rare opportunity for criminals to take revenge upon the Boy Wonder and for the alpha inmate to assert his dominance over the sidekick.
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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