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Batman: Season 2

60 episodes Premiered Sep 7, 1966 Updated Sep 26, 2026

Prepare for more perilous plots with fiendish foes trying to undo our undaunted heroes! From the torturous King Tut to a straying Catwoman to the provoking Joker, Batman (Adam West) and Robin (Burt Ward) take on a cape-full of calamity. But wait! There are still plenty of Bat-gadgets and plot twists in these adrenaline-laced adventures.

Previously on Batman

Season 2 Lore Primer

Key plot threads, lore context, and character stakes you need to remember before diving into this season.

  • ⚡ Directly follows the overarching narrative developments of Batman Season 1.
  • ⚡ Faction dynamics and core character alliances shift under escalating external stakes.
  • ⚡ Crucial mysteries introduced previously reach key turning points and narrative reckonings.
  • ⚡ Sets up serialized story arcs that build directly toward the climactic season finale.

Season overview

Prepare for more perilous plots with fiendish foes trying to undo our undaunted heroes! From the torturous King Tut to a straying Catwoman to the provoking Joker, Batman (Adam West) and Robin (Burt Ward) take on a cape-full of calamity. But wait! There are still plenty of Bat-gadgets and plot twists in these adrenaline-laced adventures.

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Season 2 Episodes

Episode Guide

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S2·E1 Mytharc

Shoot a Crooked Arrow

Sep 7, 1966 · 25 min

Archer and his gang have come to Gotham City, winning the public's favor with their Robin Hood style deeds of stealing from the rich to give to the poor. Batman and Robin set out t

S2·E2 Core

Walk the Straight and Narrow

Sep 8, 1966 · 25 min

Batman and Robin escape their previous peril and are back in action seeking to foil the Archer and his gang. After pulling off a counterfeit job, the villains head for their boat,

S2·E3 Core

Hot Off the Griddle

Sep 14, 1966 · 25 min

Catwoman makes her return known with a string of robberies. Hoping to lure her into a trap, Batman plants a news blurb giving the whereabouts of a rare canary, but Catwoman is tipp

S2·E4 Mytharc

The Cat and the Fiddle

Sep 15, 1966 · 25 min

Catwoman disguises herself as a wealthy recluse - Minerva Matthews - to exchange a quarter million dollars for two Stradivarius violins. Once the instruments are safely in her hand

S2·E5 Core

The Minstrel's Shakedown

Sep 21, 1966 · 25 min

The Minstrel, a villain with both musical talent and electronic ingenuity, is wrecking havoc with the Gotham City Exchange in an attempt to blackmail the exchange members. When he

S2·E6 Core

Barbecued Batman?

Sep 22, 1966 · 25 min

Failing to destroy Batman and Robin, the Minstrel enacts "Plan High C." He shakes the building of the Gotham City Exchange, and promises to send it crumbling down if his demands ar

S2·E7 Core

The Spell of Tut

Sep 28, 1966 · 25 min

King Tut has relapsed into his kingly ways, this time showing a marked interest in scarab beetles and apothecary potions. Robin infiltrates their hideout to discover their true int

S2·E8 Core

Tut's Case Is Shut

Sep 29, 1966 · 25 min

Using resurrected scarab beetles, King Tut concocts an ancient mind control potion, abu raubu simbu tu. Chief O'Hara is the first under his spell, followed shortly by Commissioner

S2·E9 Core

The Greatest Mother of Them All

Oct 5, 1966 · 25 min

Ma Parker and her delinquent children are pulling off a crime wave in Gotham City. Batman and Robin round up the gang one by one, but when the arrests seem all too easy, the Dynami

S2·E10 Core

Ma Parker

Oct 6, 1966 · 25 min

Now in charge of the Gotham State Pen, Ma Parker and her jailhouse full of criminal cohorts use it as their base of operations. No one suspects jailed prisoners of the crimes, but

S2·E11 Core

The Clock King's Crazy Crimes

Oct 12, 1966 · 25 min

After a robbery aided by a rigged timepiece, Batman and Robin deduce the Clock King must be in Gotham City. Disguised as a pop art expert, the villain brings his latest masterpiece

S2·E12 Core

The Clock King Gets Crowned

Oct 13, 1966 · 25 min

Aunt Harriet purchases a clock as a birthday present for Bruce Wayne, unaware that it is a plant by the Clock King. But when the villain learns that a control switch meant for his

S2·E13 Core

An Egg Grows in Gotham

Oct 19, 1966 · 25 min

Egghead steals the Gotham City charter. He finds a loophole that could give him control of Gotham City if descendants of the original founding families (including Bruce Wayne) do n

S2·E14 Core

The Yegg Foes in Gotham

Oct 20, 1966 · 25 min

When the lease payment for Gotham City fails to be made on time, possession of the city falls into the hands of Egghead. Chaos ensues as the villain fires Commissioner Gordon and b

S2·E15 Core

The Devil's Fingers

Oct 26, 1966 · 25 min

Chandell, the musical virtuoso, visits Gotham City for a piano concert. But unknown to the public, Chandell is being blackmailed into a life of crime by his twin brother Harry, who

S2·E16 Core

The Dead Ringers

Oct 27, 1966 · 25 min

Batman and Robin escape Chandell's trap. Once back in the Batcave, they deduce his plan to get the Wayne family fortune by killing Bruce Wayne and Dick Grayson, then marrying the r

S2·E17 Core

Hizzonner the Penguin

Nov 2, 1966 · 25 min

The Penguin appears to have gone straight. (Evidently the citizens of Gotham City have short memories; he tried the same trick in season one.) Not only that, he has emerged as the

S2·E18 Core

Dizzoner the Penguin

Nov 3, 1966 · 25 min

After escaping the Penguin's death trap, Batman still faces an uphill run to defeat the Penguin in the race for mayor of Gotham City. The Feathered Fiend uses every dirty trick he

S2·E19 Core

Green Ice

Nov 9, 1966 · 25 min

Mr. Freeze is in town, and has begun a new cold wave of terror. He launches "Operation Hate Batman," framing the Caped Crusader as taking a bribe and dressing his own henchmen as B

S2·E20 Core

Deep Freeze

Nov 10, 1966 · 25 min

The press continues to attack Batman and Robin, thanks to framing by Mr. Freeze. As public animosity mounts, the Dynamic Duo decide to hang up their capes for the time being. But w

S2·E21 Core

The Impractical Joker

Nov 16, 1966 · 25 min

The Joker pulls off a string of key-related pranks throughout Gotham City, then with his magic box, proceeds to snatch a priceless jeweled key right under the noses of Batman and R

S2·E22 Core

The Joker's Provokers

Nov 17, 1966 · 25 min

After a reworking, the Joker's magic box holds the power to alter time forward and backward. Batman and Robin learn of his plans to pollute the city water supply, and butler Alfred

S2·E23 Core

Marsha, Queen of Diamonds

Nov 23, 1966 · 25 min

Marsha, the Queen of Diamonds, is after the giant diamond that powers the Batcomputer. With her love darts, she puts both Commissioner Gordon and Chief O'Hara under her spell (and

S2·E24 Core

Marsha's Scheme of Diamonds

Nov 24, 1966 · 25 min

Hoping to obtain the Batcave's bat-diamond, Marsha searches for a new potion to use on the Caped Crusaders. Batman and Robin do some searching of their own and arrive at the crimin

S2·E25 Core

Come Back, Shame

Nov 30, 1966 · 25 min

Shame is back, and is using stolen vehicle parts to assemble a truck so fast even the Batmobile won't be able to catch him. Bruce Wayne tricks him into stealing his limo, which he

S2·E26 Core

It's How You Play the Game

Dec 1, 1966 · 25 min

With his special truck finished, Shame goes to work on his final caper - the theft of four prize cattle worth over one million dollars. Batman and Robin deduce his plan, but realiz

S2·E27 Core

The Penguin's Nest

Dec 7, 1966 · 25 min

Penguin has opened a fancy restaurant called The Penguin's Nest. There every order has to be written down by the customers on a piece of paper. He then plans to get himself arreste

S2·E28 Core

The Bird's Last Jest

Dec 8, 1966 · 25 min

Attempting to save Chief O'Hara from drowning inside a metal trunk, Batman and Robin find themselves under fire from the Penguin's henchmen. Batman instructs Alfred to pose as famo

S2·E29 Core

The Cat's Meow

Dec 14, 1966 · 25 min

The Catwoman "steals" the voice of a television talk-show host in the middle of an interview with Bruce Wayne. She plants clues to suggest either the Joker, Riddler or Penguin may

S2·E30 Core

The Bat's Kow Tow

Dec 15, 1966 · 25 min

Batman and Robin escape Catwoman's trap by hitting the precise note needed to shatter the glass chamber in which they're prisoners. They quickly get on the trail of Catwoman. The f

S2·E31 Core

The Puzzles Are Coming

Dec 21, 1966 · 25 min

The Puzzler, a villain with a fondness for both Shakespeare and aviation, indicates he is after the fortunes of Artemus Knab. He convinces the billionaire to invest in his puzzle b

S2·E32 Core

The Duo Is Slumming

Dec 22, 1966 · 25 min

The Puzzler continues with his plan to hijack Artemus Knab's new airplane, the Retsoor, all the while leaving puzzles behind for Batman and Robin to ponder. He familiarizes himself

S2·E33 Core

The Sandman Cometh

Dec 28, 1966 · 25 min

Catwoman and the Sandman have teamed up, and they're after the fortunes of J. Pauline Spaghetti, a rich insomniac. Catwoman pulls a publicity stunt, getting the Sandman (under the

S2·E34 Core

The Catwoman Goeth

Dec 29, 1966 · 25 min

Though Batman escapes the Sandman's trap, Robin is left to wander in a deadly maze. A clue leads Batman to Catwoman's lair, where he informs her of Sandman's plans to elope with J.

S2·E35 Core

The Contaminated Cowl

Jan 4, 1967 · 25 min

The Mad Hatter has escaped from prison, and is on a quest to add Batman's cowl to his collection of hats. He attends Gotham City's annual headdress ball disguised as the Three-tail

S2·E36 Core

The Mad Hatter Runs Afoul

Jan 5, 1967 · 25 min

What appear to be the skeletons of Batman and Robin are found at Gotham City's Atomic Energy Laboratory, where the Mad Hatter left them to irradiate. Word of their demise spreads l

S2·E37 Core

The Zodiac Crimes

Jan 11, 1967 · 25 min

The Joker and the Penguin team up on a crime wave based on signs of the zodiac. The pair, aided and abetted by a woman known as Venus, keep Batman and Robin on the run. The Dynamic

S2·E38 Core

The Joker's Hard Times

Jan 12, 1967 · 25 min

Batman and Robin narrowly escape the Joker's death trap and quickly get back on the villain's trail. The villain runs the Gothham City Police Department ragged with his crimes base

S2·E39 Core

The Penguin Declines

Jan 18, 1967 · 25 min

Batman, summoning all the strength he can muster, breaks his chains and frees Robin from the giant clam. The heroes arrange for the Joker's former confederate, Venus, to stay at an

S2·E40 Core

That Darn Catwoman

Jan 19, 1967 · 25 min

The Catwoman manages to drug Robin. The junior member of the Dynamic Duo is now the Catwoman's mindless slave. Batman is on the trail of the sultry villain, but he's hampered by th

S2·E41 Mytharc

Scat! Darn Catwoman

Jan 25, 1967 · 25 min

Batman agrees to let the Catwoman drug him. But he appears to have a headache and the Catwoman permits him to take an aspirin. After the drug is administered, Batman appears to ass

S2·E42 Core

Penguin Is a Girl's Best Friend

Jan 26, 1967 · 25 min

As a front for his next crime wave, the Penguin forms a motion picture company. He teams up with Marsha, Queen of Diamonds, and gets Batman and Robin to take part in his movie. Mar

S2·E43 Core

Penguin Sets a Trend

Feb 1, 1967 · 25 min

In order to keep a close eye on the Penguin (and hopefully locate the stolen chain mail armor), Batman and Robin rejoin Penguin's movie efforts. The next part of his film is to tak

S2·E44 Core

Penguin's Disastrous End

Feb 2, 1967 · 25 min

Batman and Robin get back on the Penguin and Marsha, Queen of Diamonds', trail. Several escaped lizards lead them to the villains' hideout, where they find the stolen chain mail su

S2·E45 Core

Batman's Anniversary

Feb 8, 1967 · 25 min

During a party for Batman's crime-fighting anniversary, the Riddler appears and nabs a golden calf filled with money for charity. His next target is the Gotham City Bank, which he

S2·E46 Core

A Riddling Controversy

Feb 9, 1967 · 25 min

After two more robberies, the Riddler has enough money to purchase Professor Charm's Demolecularizer. He demonstrates his weapon on a park statue, then issues an ultimatum - if all

S2·E47 Core

The Joker's Last Laugh

Feb 15, 1967 · 25 min

Counterfeit money is being distributed by respectable citizens in Gotham City. Batman and Robin investigate, and find one of the Joker's lifelike robots substituting for a bank tel

S2·E48 Core

The Joker's Epitaph

Feb 16, 1967 · 25 min

The Joker is now Vice Chairman of the Gotham National Bank, due to an unsuccessful plan of Batman's. He installs his robots as tellers, and despite his criminal past, seems to be r

S2·E49 Core

Catwoman Goes to College

Feb 22, 1967 · 25 min

Catwoman is released from prison, and claiming she wants to enrich her education, enrolls at Gotham City University. She dresses one of her own henchmen as the Caped Crusader in or

S2·E50 Core

Batman Displays His Knowledge

Feb 23, 1967 · 25 min

Catwoman goes ahead with her scheme to steal several Batagonian Cat's Eye opals, but she has trouble finding someone to fence them since such rare stones would be easily spotted. W

S2·E51 Core

A Piece of the Action

Mar 1, 1967 · 25 min

The Green Hornet and Kato are in Gotham City to bust a counterfeiting stamp ring. Believed to be arch-criminals by nearly everyone, their midnight visit to Colonel Gumm at the Pink

S2·E52 Core

Batman's Satisfaction

Mar 2, 1967 · 25 min

Colonel Gumm moves out of the Pink Chip Stamps Factory, taking its owner Pinky Pinkston along as a hostage. A message hidden by Miss Pinkston in a bowl of alphabet soup directs Bat

S2·E53 Core

King Tut's Coup

Mar 8, 1967 · 25 min

After a blow to the head, Yale's Egyptology professor once again believes he is King Tut. He mistakes Bruce Wayne's friend Lisa for Queen Cleopatra, and kidnaps her so he can bring

S2·E54 Core

Batman's Waterloo

Mar 9, 1967 · 25 min

Though Batman escapes his watery trap, Robin is left in the hands of King Tut. The deluded villain still believes that Lisa Carson is really Queen Cleopatra, and calls Lisa's fathe

S2·E55 Core

Black Widow Strikes Again

Mar 15, 1967 · 25 min

The Black Widow uses her cerebrum short-circuiting device to rob bank after bank in Gotham City. Batman and Robin soon catch up with her, but actually capturing the villainess prov

S2·E56 Core

Caught in the Spider's Den

Mar 16, 1967 · 25 min

The Black Widow adjusts her cerebrum short-circuiting device to successfully alter Batman's brain. With Batman powerless to resist, and Robin captured, she disguises herself as the

S2·E57 Core

Pop Goes the Joker

Mar 22, 1967 · 25 min

The Joker appears in an art gallery and defaces the paintings with paint-spraying guns. But instead of being horrified at his alterations, the Joker's work is praised as "art". Aft

S2·E58 Core

Flop Goes the Joker

Mar 23, 1967 · 25 min

The Joker persuades wealthy heiress Baby Jane Towser to join him in his artistic capers. Aided by his new accomplice, the Joker easily clears out a wing of the Gotham City Museum t

S2·E59 Mytharc

Ice Spy

Mar 29, 1967 · 25 min

Mr. Freeze is back in town, and has plans to build an icy weapon that will have the world at his control. With help from Glacia Glaze, the renowned ice skater, he captures Professo

S2·E60 Mytharc

The Duo Defy

Mar 30, 1967 · 25 min

Back in his iceberg headquarters, Mr. Freeze persuades the kidnapped Professor Isaacson to build him a thermodynamic ice ray beam. He issues an ultimatum that he will begin freezin

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